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Title: Characterization of a double-sided silicon strip detector autoradiography system

Abstract

Purpose: The most commonly used technology currently used for autoradiography is storage phosphor screens, which has many benefits such as a large field of view but lacks particle-counting detection of the time and energy of each detected radionuclide decay. A number of alternative designs, using either solid state or scintillator detectors, have been developed to address these issues. The aim of this study is to characterize the imaging performance of one such instrument, a double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSD) system for digital autoradiography. A novel aspect of this work is that the instrument, in contrast to previous prototype systems using the same detector type, provides the ability for user accessible imaging with higher throughput. Studies were performed to compare its spatial resolution to that of storage phosphor screens and test the implementation of multiradionuclide ex vivo imaging in a mouse preclinical animal study. Methods: Detector background counts were determined by measuring a nonradioactive sample slide for 52 h. Energy spectra and detection efficiency were measured for seven commonly used radionuclides under representative conditions for tissue imaging. System dead time was measured by imaging {sup 18}F samples of at least 5 kBq and studying the changes in count rate over time.more » A line source of {sup 58}Co was manufactured by irradiating a 10 μm nickel wire with fast neutrons in a research reactor. Samples of this wire were imaged in both the DSSD and storage phosphor screen systems and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) measured for the line profiles. Multiradionuclide imaging was employed in a two animal study to examine the intratumoral distribution of a {sup 125}I-labeled monoclonal antibody and a {sup 131}I-labeled engineered fragment (diabody) injected in the same mouse, both targeting carcinoembryonic antigen. Results: Detector background was 1.81 × 10{sup −6} counts per second per 50 × 50 μm pixel. Energy spectra and detection efficiency were successfully measured for seven radionuclides. The system dead time was measured to be 59 μs, and FWHM for a {sup 58}Co line source was 154 ± 14 μm for the DSSD system and 343 ± 15 μm for the storage phosphor system. Separation of the contributions from {sup 125}I and {sup 131}I was performed on autoradiography images of tumor sections. Conclusions: This study has shown that a DSSD system can be beneficially applied for digital autoradiography with simultaneous multiradionuclide imaging capability. The system has a low background signal, ability to image both low and high activity samples, and a good energy resolution.« less

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]; ; ;  [2];  [3]; ; ;  [4]
  1. Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund SE-22185 (Sweden)
  2. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo FI-02044 (Finland)
  3. Biomolex AS, Oslo NO-0319 (Norway)
  4. Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22413426
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Medical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: (c) 2015 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-2405
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FLUORINE 18; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; MICE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS

Citation Formats

Örbom, Anders, Ahlstedt, Jonas, Östlund, Karl, Strand, Sven-Erik, Serén, Tom, Auterinen, Iiro, Kotiluoto, Petri, Hauge, Håvard, Olafsen, Tove, Wu, Anna M., and Dahlbom, Magnus. Characterization of a double-sided silicon strip detector autoradiography system. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1118/1.4905049.
Örbom, Anders, Ahlstedt, Jonas, Östlund, Karl, Strand, Sven-Erik, Serén, Tom, Auterinen, Iiro, Kotiluoto, Petri, Hauge, Håvard, Olafsen, Tove, Wu, Anna M., & Dahlbom, Magnus. Characterization of a double-sided silicon strip detector autoradiography system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4905049
Örbom, Anders, Ahlstedt, Jonas, Östlund, Karl, Strand, Sven-Erik, Serén, Tom, Auterinen, Iiro, Kotiluoto, Petri, Hauge, Håvard, Olafsen, Tove, Wu, Anna M., and Dahlbom, Magnus. 2015. "Characterization of a double-sided silicon strip detector autoradiography system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4905049.
@article{osti_22413426,
title = {Characterization of a double-sided silicon strip detector autoradiography system},
author = {Örbom, Anders and Ahlstedt, Jonas and Östlund, Karl and Strand, Sven-Erik and Serén, Tom and Auterinen, Iiro and Kotiluoto, Petri and Hauge, Håvard and Olafsen, Tove and Wu, Anna M. and Dahlbom, Magnus},
abstractNote = {Purpose: The most commonly used technology currently used for autoradiography is storage phosphor screens, which has many benefits such as a large field of view but lacks particle-counting detection of the time and energy of each detected radionuclide decay. A number of alternative designs, using either solid state or scintillator detectors, have been developed to address these issues. The aim of this study is to characterize the imaging performance of one such instrument, a double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSD) system for digital autoradiography. A novel aspect of this work is that the instrument, in contrast to previous prototype systems using the same detector type, provides the ability for user accessible imaging with higher throughput. Studies were performed to compare its spatial resolution to that of storage phosphor screens and test the implementation of multiradionuclide ex vivo imaging in a mouse preclinical animal study. Methods: Detector background counts were determined by measuring a nonradioactive sample slide for 52 h. Energy spectra and detection efficiency were measured for seven commonly used radionuclides under representative conditions for tissue imaging. System dead time was measured by imaging {sup 18}F samples of at least 5 kBq and studying the changes in count rate over time. A line source of {sup 58}Co was manufactured by irradiating a 10 μm nickel wire with fast neutrons in a research reactor. Samples of this wire were imaged in both the DSSD and storage phosphor screen systems and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) measured for the line profiles. Multiradionuclide imaging was employed in a two animal study to examine the intratumoral distribution of a {sup 125}I-labeled monoclonal antibody and a {sup 131}I-labeled engineered fragment (diabody) injected in the same mouse, both targeting carcinoembryonic antigen. Results: Detector background was 1.81 × 10{sup −6} counts per second per 50 × 50 μm pixel. Energy spectra and detection efficiency were successfully measured for seven radionuclides. The system dead time was measured to be 59 μs, and FWHM for a {sup 58}Co line source was 154 ± 14 μm for the DSSD system and 343 ± 15 μm for the storage phosphor system. Separation of the contributions from {sup 125}I and {sup 131}I was performed on autoradiography images of tumor sections. Conclusions: This study has shown that a DSSD system can be beneficially applied for digital autoradiography with simultaneous multiradionuclide imaging capability. The system has a low background signal, ability to image both low and high activity samples, and a good energy resolution.},
doi = {10.1118/1.4905049},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22413426}, journal = {Medical Physics},
issn = {0094-2405},
number = 2,
volume = 42,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}