Observation and analysis of microcirculation using high-spatial-resolution image detectors and synchrotron radiation

Keiji Umetani; Naoto Yagi; Yoshio Suzuki; Yasuo Ogasawara; Fumihiko Kajiya; Takeshi Matsumoto; Hiroyuki Tachibana; Masami Goto; Takenori Yamashita; Shigeki Imai; Yasumasa Kajihara

doi:10.1117/12.384528

25 April 2000 Observation and analysis of microcirculation using high-spatial-resolution image detectors and synchrotron radiation

Keiji Umetani, Naoto Yagi, Yoshio Suzuki, Yasuo Ogasawara, Fumihiko Kajiya, Takeshi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Masami Goto, Takenori Yamashita, Shigeki Imai, Yasumasa Kajihara

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Proceedings Volume 3977, Medical Imaging 2000: Physics of Medical Imaging; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384528
Event: Medical Imaging 2000, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A microangiography system using monochromatized synchrotron radiation has been investigated as a diagnostic tool for circulatory disorders and early stage malignant tumors. The monochromatized X-rays with energies just above the contrast agent K-absorption edge energy can produce the highest contrast image of the contrast agent in small blood vessels. At SPring-8, digital microradiography with 6 - 24 micrometer pixel sizes has been carried out using two types of detectors designed for X-ray indirect and direct detection. The indirect-sensing detectors are fluorescent-screen optical-lens coupling systems using a high-sensitivity pickup-tube camera and a CCD camera. An X-ray image on the fluorescent screen is focused on the photoconductive layer of the pickup tube and the photosensitive area of the CCD by a small F number lens. The direct-sensing detector consists of an X-ray direct- sensing pickup tube with a beryllium faceplate for X-ray incidence to the photoconductive layer. Absorbed X-rays in the photoconductive layer are directly converted to photoelectrons and then signal charges are readout by electron beam scanning. The direct-sensing detector was expected to have higher spatial resolution in comparison with the indict-sensing detectors. Performance of the X-ray image detectors was examined at the bending magnet beamline BL20B2 using monochromatized X-ray at SPring-8. Image signals from the camera are converted into digital format by an analog-to- digital converter and stored in a frame memory with image format of 1024 X 1024 pixels. In preliminary experiments, tumor vessel specimens using barium contrast agent were prepared for taking static images. The growth pattern of tumor-induced vessels was clearly visualized. Heart muscle specimens were prepared for imaging of 3-dimensional microtomography using the fluorescent-screen CCD camera system. The complex structure of small blood vessels with diameters of 30 - 40 micrometer was visualized as a 3- dimensional CT image.

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Keiji Umetani, Naoto Yagi, Yoshio Suzuki, Yasuo Ogasawara, Fumihiko Kajiya, Takeshi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Masami Goto, Takenori Yamashita, Shigeki Imai, and Yasumasa Kajihara "Observation and analysis of microcirculation using high-spatial-resolution image detectors and synchrotron radiation", Proc. SPIE 3977, Medical Imaging 2000: Physics of Medical Imaging, (25 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384528

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