Color vision is used throughout medicine to interpret the health and status of tissue.Ionizing radiation used in radiation therapy produces broadband white light inside tissue through the Cherenkov effect,and this lig...Color vision is used throughout medicine to interpret the health and status of tissue.Ionizing radiation used in radiation therapy produces broadband white light inside tissue through the Cherenkov effect,and this light is attenuated by tissue features as it leaves the body.In this study,a novel time-gated three-channel camera was developed for the first time and was used to image color Cherenkov emission coming from patients during treatment.The spectral content was interpreted by comparison with imaging calibrated tissue phantoms.Color shades of Cherenkov emission in radiotherapy can be used to interpret tissue blood volume,oxygen saturation and major vessels within the body.展开更多
基金This work has been predominantly funded by NIH grant R01 EB023909 with hardware support through NIH R44 CA232879the support of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center shared resources in NIH 5P30 CA023108-41.
文摘Color vision is used throughout medicine to interpret the health and status of tissue.Ionizing radiation used in radiation therapy produces broadband white light inside tissue through the Cherenkov effect,and this light is attenuated by tissue features as it leaves the body.In this study,a novel time-gated three-channel camera was developed for the first time and was used to image color Cherenkov emission coming from patients during treatment.The spectral content was interpreted by comparison with imaging calibrated tissue phantoms.Color shades of Cherenkov emission in radiotherapy can be used to interpret tissue blood volume,oxygen saturation and major vessels within the body.
