title: Spectrally resolving and scattering-compensated x-ray luminescence/fluorescence computed tomography.
abstract: The nanophosphors, or other similar materials, emit near-infrared (NIR) light upon x-ray excitation. They were designed as optical probes for in vivo visualization and analysis of molecular and cellular targets, pathways, and responses. Based on the previous work on x-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) and x-ray luminescence computed tomography (XLCT), here we propose a spectrally-resolving and scattering-compensated x-ray luminescence/fluorescence computed tomography (SXLCT or SXFCT) approach to quantify a spatial distribution of nanophosphors (other similar materials or chemical elements) within a biological object. In this paper, the x-ray scattering is taken into account in the reconstruction algorithm. The NIR scattering is described in the diffusion approximation model. Then, x-ray excitations are applied with different spectra, and NIR signals are measured in a spectrally resolving fashion. Finally, a linear relationship is established between the nanophosphor distribution and measured NIR data using the finite element method and inverted using the compressive sensing technique. The numerical simulation results demonstrate the feasibility and merits of the proposed approach.
authors: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Biomedical Imaging Division, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.
authors: Wenxiang
authors: W
authors: Cong
authors: Haiou
authors: H
authors: Shen
authors: Ge
authors: G
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D049449:Luminescence; D049408:Luminescent Agents; D051379:Mice; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D053758:Nanoparticles; D036103:Nanotechnology; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D041622:Tomography, Optical / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D049408:Luminescent Agents