First results from the BNL plant imaging system

Author

Budassi, Michael ; Stoll, S. ; Purschke, M.L. ; Ravindranath, Bosky ; Fried, J. ; Cao, Tian ; Pratte, Jean-Francois ; O´Connor, P. ; Babst, B. ; Woody, Craig L. ; Vaska, P. ; Schlyer, David J.

Author_Institution

Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

3530

Lastpage

3532

Abstract

The BNL PET Imaging group has developed PET detector technology that can be used in many different configurations. The same technology has been adapted to a configuration with a larger diameter to accommodate plants up to a meter in height. The scanner is mounted on a computer controlled motorized support that can be moved up and down over 50 cm which allows for scanning the plants over nearly the entire length so that activity administered to the leaves can be followed as it migrates down the plant length to the roots. The larger field of view puts new demands on the image reconstruction processes since the vertical position of the scanner in relationship to the plant must be incorporated into the final image analysis. The details of the system construction will be described and preliminary imaging results presented.

Keywords

biological techniques; biology computing; botany; image reconstruction; positron emission tomography; BNL PET Imaging group; BNL plant imaging system; PET detector technology; computer controlled motorized support; final image analysis; image reconstruction process; leaf; plant length; plant scanner; preliminary imaging result; root; scanner vertical position; system construction; system large diameter configuration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551807

Filename

6551807