Monte Carlo simulations support non-Cerenkov radioluminescence production in tissue
Year:
2017
Type of item:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Language:
Inglese
Format:
Elettronico
Referee:
Sì
Name of journal:
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
ISSN of journal:
1083-3668
N° Volume:
22
Number or Folder:
8
Page numbers:
1-11
Keyword:
Cerenkov; Monte Carlo simulations; biomedical optics; imaging; radioisotope luminescence imaging
Short description of contents:
There is experimental evidence for the production of non-Cerenkov radioluminescence in a variety of materials, including tissue. We constructed a Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of the radiation from P32 and Tc99m interacting in chicken breast and used experimental imaging data to model a scintillation-like emission. The same radioluminescence spectrum is visible from both isotopes and cannot otherwise be explained through fluorescence or filter miscalibration. We conclude that chicken breast has a near-infrared scintillation-like response with a light yield three orders of magnitude smaller than BGO.
Ackerman, Nicole L; Boschi, Federico; Spinelli, Antonello E.,
Monte Carlo simulations support non-Cerenkov radioluminescence production in tissue«JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS»
, vol. 22
, n. 8
, 2017
, pp. 1-11