System Solution for In-Beam Positron Emission Tomography Monitoring of Radiation Therapy

In-beam Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a system for monitoring high precision radiation therapy which is in the most cases applied to the tumors near organs at risk. High quality and fast availability of in-beam PET images are, therefore, extremely important for successful verification of the dose delivery. Two main problems make an in-beam PET monitoring a challenging task. Firstly, in-beam PET measurements result in a very low counting statistics. Secondly, an integration of the PET scanner into the treatment facility requires significant reduction of the sensitive surface of the scanner and leads to a dual-head form resulting in imaging artifacts. The aim of this work is to bring the imaging process by means of in-beam PET to optimum quality and time scale. The following topics are under consideration: - analysis of image quality for in-beam PET; - image reconstruction; - solutions for building, testing, and integration of a PET monitoring system into the dedicated treatment facility.

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Technische Universität Dresden

Year

2009

Author dc:creator

• Shakirin, Georgy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Poll, Rüdiger
• Enghardt, Wolfgang
• Herzog, Hans

• PET
• reconstruction
• in-beam
• radiation therapy
• Rekonstruktion
• Strahlentherapie