Generalized local emission tomography
Abstract
Emission tomography enables locations and values of internal isotope density distributions to be determined from radiation emitted from the whole object. In the method for locating the values of discontinuities, the intensities of radiation emitted from either the whole object or a region of the object containing the discontinuities are inputted to a local tomography function .function..sub..LAMBDA..sup.(.PHI.) to define the location S of the isotope density discontinuity. The asymptotic behavior of .function..sub..LAMBDA..sup.(.PHI.) is determined in a neighborhood of S, and the value for the discontinuity is estimated from the asymptotic behavior of .function..sub..LAMBDA..sup.(.PHI.) knowing pointwise values of the attenuation coefficient within the object. In the method for determining the location of the discontinuity, the intensities of radiation emitted from an object are inputted to a local tomography function .function..sub..LAMBDA..sup.(.PHI.) to define the location S of the density discontinuity and the location .GAMMA. of the attenuation coefficient discontinuity. Pointwise values of the attenuation coefficient within the object need not be known in this case.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871366
- Patent Number(s):
- 5717211
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- generalized; local; emission; tomography; enables; locations; values; internal; isotope; density; distributions; determined; radiation; emitted; method; locating; discontinuities; intensities; region; containing; inputted; function; lambda; phi; define; location; discontinuity; asymptotic; behavior; neighborhood; value; estimated; knowing; pointwise; attenuation; coefficient; determining; gamma; tomography function; local tomography; emission tomography; radiation emitted; density distribution; attenuation coefficient; /250/
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Katsevich, Alexander J. Generalized local emission tomography. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Katsevich, Alexander J. Generalized local emission tomography. United States.
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"Generalized local emission tomography". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871366.
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