Abstract:
Device for producing images and/or projections has a unit for acquiring starting radiation (2) having an acquisition element (3) containing a sensor with a Pr3+ -activated scintillator for converting the radiation into UV radiation, and a photodiode for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a Gd 2 O 2 S: M fluorescent ceramic material with a very short afterglow, wherein M represents at least one element selected from the group Pr, Tb, Yb, Dy, Sm and/or Ho and the Gd 2 O 2 S: M fluorescent ceramic material comprises further: europium of = 1 wt. ppm based on Gd 2 O 2 S, and cerium of = 0.1 wt. ppm to = 100 wt. ppm based on Gd 2 O 2 S, wherein the content of cerium is in excess of the content of europium with a ratio of europium to cerium of 1 : l0 to l : 150.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及具有非常短的余辉的Gd 2 O 2 S 2 M荧光陶瓷材料,其中M表示选自Pr, Tb,Yb,Dy,Sm和/或Ho和Gd 2 O 2 S 2 M荧光陶瓷材料进一步包括:铕= 1wt。 基于Gd 2 O 2 S的ppm和= 0.1重量%的铈。 ppm至= 100重量% ppm,基于Gd 2 O 2 S,其中铈的含量超过铕的含量,铕与铈的比例为1:10至1: 150。
Abstract:
A nuclear imaging system includes a scanner (8), such as a PET scanner. A patient is injected with a [ 13 N]ammonia radioisotope tracer which is contaminated with a small percent of 18 F contamination. The scanner receives radiation from the injected tracer and a reconstruction processor (28) reconstructs the detected radiation into image representations. A warning generator (12) generates warnings to the clinician concerning the effects of the 18 F contamination. A calibration processor (16) generates an estimated decay curve based on a time since the end of the proton bombardment which created the tracer and a priori information about the tracer. An activity meter (42) measures radiation emitted from a sample of the tracer and a dose calibrator (44) determines a decay curve from the measured radiation. Either the detected radiation is corrected in accordance with one of the decay curves during reconstruction or a correction processor (50) corrects reconstructed images in accordance with one or both of the decay curves. A display (14) displays uncorrected reconstructed images and the decay curve and/or the corrected images.