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Null functions in three-dimensional imaging of alpha and beta particles.

ABSTRACT: Null functions of an imaging system are functions in the object space that give exactly zero data. Hence, they represent the intrinsic limitations of the imaging system. Null functions exist in all digital imaging systems, because these systems map continuous objects to discrete data. However, the emergence of detectors that measure continuous data, e.g. particle-processing (PP) detectors, has the potential to eliminate null functions. PP detectors process signals produced by each particle and estimate particle attributes, which include two position coordinates and three components of momentum, as continuous variables. We consider Charged-Particle Emission Tomography (CPET), which relies on data collected by a PP detector to reconstruct the 3D distribution of a radioisotope that emits alpha or beta particles, and show empirically that the null functions are significantly reduced for alpha particles if ?3 attributes are measured or for beta particles with five attributes measured.

SUBMITTER: Ding Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693958 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Null functions in three-dimensional imaging of alpha and beta particles.

Ding Yijun Y Caucci Luca L Barrett Harrison H HH

Scientific reports 20171117 1

Null functions of an imaging system are functions in the object space that give exactly zero data. Hence, they represent the intrinsic limitations of the imaging system. Null functions exist in all digital imaging systems, because these systems map continuous objects to discrete data. However, the emergence of detectors that measure continuous data, e.g. particle-processing (PP) detectors, has the potential to eliminate null functions. PP detectors process signals produced by each particle and e ...[more]

PMID: 29150683

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