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Particle Emission Tomography

  • US 20170343460A1
  • Filed: 11/11/2015
  • Published: 11/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reconstructing a 3D distribution of a source of particles, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing the source of particles from within a tissue sample, wherein the particles comprise beta particles, alpha particles, positrons, or conversion electrons;

    repeating, for each of a plurality of the particles from the source, the steps of;

    detecting the particle with a particle-processing detector;

    determining attributes of the particle;

    wherein the attributes include at least one of;

    (i) a two dimensional position corresponding to an interaction point where the particle interacts with the particle-processing detector; and

    (ii) an energy that is deposited in the particle-processing detector by the particle; and

    storing the attributes of the particle;

    thereby generating attributes for each of the plurality of particles from the source; and

    reconstructing the 3D distribution of the source of particles using at least a portion of the attributes for each of the plurality of particles.

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