Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Source: Light Science & Applications
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,975
Awards: G1126216521, G1514543850, G1759008327, A Non-Contact Optical Patient and Beam Dosimetry System for Continuous in vivo Radiotherapy Verification, G2956451923, G3853912554, G4458325244, G4936284643, OPTICAL CHERENKOV IMAGING DOSIMETRY IN HUMAN RADIOTHERAPY, Cancer Center Support Grant - Gunn Supplement, G9000021360, G9000042439, G9000172281, G9000190033, G9000325178
OpenAlex ID: W3208560705