Abstract
The advent of metal-based drugs and metal nanoparticles as therapeutic agents in anti-tumor treatment has motivated the advancement of X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) techniques. An XFCT imaging modality can detect, quantify, and image the biodistribution of metal elements using the X-ray fluorescence signal emitted upon X-ray irradiation. However, the majority of XFCT imaging systems and instrumentation developed so far rely on a single or a small number of detectors. This work introduces the first full-ring benchtop X-ray fluorescence emission tomography (XFET) system equipped with 24 solid-state detectors arranged in a hexagonal geometry and a 96-pinhole compound-eye collimator. We experimentally demonstrate the system's sensitivity and its capability of multi-element detection and quantification by performing imaging studies on an animal-sized phantom. In our preliminary studies, the phantom was irradiated with a pencil beam of X-rays produced using a low-powered polychromatic X-ray source (90kVp and 60W max power). This investigation shows a significant enhancement in the detection limit of gadolinium to as low as 0.1 mg/mL concentration. The results also illustrate the unique capabilities of the XFET system to simultaneously determine the spatial distribution and accurately quantify the concentrations of multiple metal elements.
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