Title :
Reconstruction of Nuclear images in Human Gastrointestinal Tract Using an Electronic Engineering-based Capsule
Author :
Liang, Xueling ; Zheng, Xiaolin ; Hou, Wensheng ; Pi, Xitian ; Yang, Jun
Author_Institution :
Bioeng. Coll. of Chongqing Univ., Chongqing
Abstract :
Noninvasive dynamic tracing is very important to the alimentary canal micro-drug delivering device. In this paper, based on analyzing the rules of emission computed tomography images, a novel method for dynamic tracing micro-drug delivering device in alimentary canal has been proposed. The basic principle of the method is that, when the micro-drug delivering device with a mount of radioactive elements being encapsulated pass through the gastrointestinal tract, the series of medical images were detected by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), then the location of micro-device could be deduced and dynamic 3D tracks can be achieved. Through the experiment in simulative intestinal, the proposed method can be used to tracing the radioactive elements.
Keywords :
biological organs; drug delivery systems; image reconstruction; medical image processing; radioactive tracers; single photon emission computed tomography; SPECT; alimentary canal microdrug delivering device; electronic engineering-based capsule; human gastrointestinal tract; noninvasive dynamic 3D tracing; nuclear image reconstruction; radioactive element; single photon emission computed tomography; Biomedical imaging; Computational modeling; Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal tract; Humans; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Irrigation; Nuclear electronics; Single photon emission computed tomography; Emission computed tomography; Gastrointestinal tract; Three-dimensional reconstruction;
Conference_Titel :
Complex Medical Engineering, 2007. CME 2007. IEEE/ICME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1077-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1078-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCME.2007.4381804