Resolving adjacent nanophosphors of different concentrations by excitation-based cone-beam X-ray luminescence tomography.

Cone-beam X-ray luminescence computed tomography (CB-XLCT) has been proposed as a new molecular imaging modality recently. It can obtain both anatomical and functional tomographic images of an object efficiently, with the excitation of nanophosphors in vivo or in vitro by cone-beam X-rays. However, the ill-posedness of the CB-XLCT inverse problem degrades the image quality and makes it difficult to resolve adjacent luminescent targets with different concentrations, which is essential in the monitoring of nanoparticle metabolism and drug delivery. To address this problem, a multi-voltage excitation imaging scheme combined with principal component analysis is proposed in this study. Imaging experiments performed on physical phantoms by a custom-made CB-XLCT system demonstrate that two adjacent targets, with different concentrations and an edge-to-edge distance of 0 mm, can be effectively resolved.

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