Micro-CT in a dual-modality fluorescence/computed tomography system for small animal imaging

Author

Zhang, Hui ; Li, Hao ; Hu, Gang ; Hu, Guangshu ; Bai, Jing

Volume

5

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007

Firstpage

3735

Lastpage

3737

Abstract

A micro-CT prototype in the combined dual modality fluorescence/X-ray tomography system is described in details. The CT image is reconstructed using FDK algorithm, and the fluorescence image is reconstructed in virtue of the anatomical structure information provided by the X-ray tomography images. Preliminary phantom experiments have been conducted to evaluate the system integration.

Keywords

computerised tomography; diagnostic radiography; fluorescence; image reconstruction; medical image processing; phantoms; CT image; FDK algorithm; X-ray tomography; anatomical structure information; computed tomography; dual-modality system; fluorescence; image reconstruction; microcomputed tomography; phantom experiments; small animal imaging; Anatomical structure; Animals; Computed tomography; Fluorescence; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Optical imaging; Prototypes; X-ray imaging; X-ray tomography; computed microtomography; dual modality; fluorescence tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0922-8

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436933

Filename

4436933