3D-localization of single point-like gamma sources with a coded aperture camera

• Verfasst von: Meißner, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Cerbone, Laura Antonia [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Russo, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Nahm, Werner [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hesser, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: 3D-localization of single point-like gamma sources with a coded aperture camera
• Verf.angabe: Tobias Meißner, Laura Antonia Cerbone, Paolo Russo, Werner Nahm and Jürgen Hesser
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: 30 July 2024
• Umfang: 11 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 25.02.2025
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Physics in medicine and biology
• Ort Quelle: Bristol : IOP Publ., 1956
• Jahr Quelle: 2024
• Band/Heft Quelle: 69(2024), 16, Artikel-ID 165004, Seite 1-11
• ISSN Quelle: 1361-6560
• DOI: doi:10.1088/1361-6560/ad6370
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1918485771

Abstract

Objective. 3D-localization of gamma sources has the potential to improve the outcome of radio-guided surgery. The goal of this paper is to analyze the localization accuracy for point-like sources with a single coded aperture camera. Approach. We both simulated and measured a point-like Am source at 17 positions distributed within the field of view of an experimental gamma camera. The setup includes a thick Tungsten sheet with a MURA mask of rank 31 and pinholes of in diameter and a detector based on the photon counting readout circuit Timepix3. Two methods, namely an iterative search including either a symmetric Gaussian fitting or an exponentially modified Gaussian fitting (EMG) and a center of mass method were compared to estimate the 3D source position. Main results. Considering the decreasing axial resolution with source-to-mask distance, the EMG improved the results by a factor of 4 compared to the Gaussian fitting based on the simulated data. Overall, we obtained a mean localization error of on the simulated and on the experimental data in the imaging range of . Significance. This paper shows that despite the low axial resolution, point-like sources in the nearfield can be localized as well as with more sophisticated imaging devices such as stereo cameras. The influence of the source size and the photon count on the imaging and localization accuracy remains an important issue for further research.