Evaluation of imaging protocol for ECT based on CS image reconstruction algorithm

Single-photon emission computerized tomography and positron emission tomography are essential med- ical imaging tools, for which the sampling angle number and scan time should be carefully chosen to give a good compromise between image quality and radiopharmaceutical dose. In this study, the image quality of different ac- quisition protocols was evaluated via varied angle number and count number per angle with Monte Carlo simulation data. It was shown that, when similar imaging counts were used, the factor of acquisition counts was more important than that of the sampling number in emission computerized tomography. To further reduce the activity requirement and the scan duration, an iterative image reconstruction algorithm for limited-view and low-dose tomography based on compressed sensing theory has been developed. The total variation regulation was added to the reconstruction process to improve the signal to noise Ratio and reduce artifacts caused by the limited angle sampling. Maximization of the maximum likelihood of the estimated image and the measured data and minimization of the total variation of the image are alternatively implemented. By using this advanced algorithm, the reconstruction process is able to achieve image quality matching or exceed that of normal scans with only half of the injection radiopharmaceutical dose.     

赤泥土工膜复合防渗层在赤泥堆场的应用

随着土工合成材料在防洪抢险工程中的大量应用及其成效,引起了广大工程技术人员的高度重视。而国内首创的赤泥-土工膜复合防渗层打破传统粘土防渗的设计施工,大大节省了投资,而且节约粘土,土工膜之间连接采用瑞士ZPR-210N1土工布焊机连接,施工方法简单,社会效益和经济效益非常显著,结合施工实践,浅谈其在某氧化铝厂赤泥堆场的应用。     

A region segmentation based algorithm for building a crystal position lookup table in a scintillation detector

In a scintillation detector, scintillation crystals are typically made into a 2-dimensional modular array.The location of incident gamma-ray needs be calibrated due to spatial response nonlinearity. Generally, position histograms—the characteristic flood response of scintillation detectors—are used for position calibration. In this paper, a position calibration method based on a crystal position lookup table which maps the inaccurate location calculated by Anger logic to the exact hitting crystal position has been proposed. Firstly, the position histogram is preprocessed, such as noise reduction and image enhancement. Then the processed position histogram is segmented into disconnected regions, and crystal marking points are labeled by finding the centroids of regions. Finally, crystal boundaries are determined and the crystal position lookup table is generated. The scheme is evaluated by the whole-body positron emission tomography(PET) scanner and breast dedicated single photon emission computed tomography scanner developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The results demonstrate that the algorithm is accurate, efficient, robust and applicable to any configurations of scintillation detector.