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List imaging types with Ionising Radiation

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Ionising Radiation
Planar X-ray
CT
Gamma Camera and SPECT
PET
Hybrid Imaging
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What is ionising radiation?

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Radiation that causes ionisation when it interacts with matter

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Types used for medical imaging are:

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Gamma rays

X-rays

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Why use ionising radiation?

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Why use ionising radiation?

Penetrating

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Ionising Radiation Action

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Indirect Action –
Majority of the body is water

Production of Free Radicals & Hydrogen Peroxide

FR are highly reactive, so direct action = mutation in cell DNA

= biological response = genetic, death, cancer

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Direct effect of radation damage

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Only at high radiation dose not noticed at usual diagnostic doses
Threshold effect
e.g. Erythema & hair loss

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Indirect effect of radation damage

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Indirect effects
Risk of cancer induction
Risk of genetic change in subsequent population
Effect is proportional to radiation dose, no threshold
🡪 all radiation has risk

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Some typical effective doses (mSv) are:

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Some typical effective doses (mSv) are:
Dental intra-oral	0.002
Chest X-ray		0.02
Lumbar Spine		2
NM Bone Scan  	3
IVU				4
CT pelvis			7
CT head			2
Barium enema		8
MIBI cardiac scan     10
PET scan 		        10
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Risk of fatal cancer induction is:

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Risk of fatal cancer induction is:
5% per Sievert
1 in 20000 per mSv
1 in 2000 per PET scan

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Annual radiation dose in the UK average = ?

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Annual radiation dose in the UK average 2.7 mSv

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Positrons - effect

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Positive electrons interact with matter to create gamma rays = PET

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Gamma rays - effect

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Penetrating radiation = Gamma camera imaging

e.g. SPECT

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X-rays - effect

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X-rays
Spectrum of electromagnetic
	radiation = X-Ray imaging
e.g. radiographs,
CT

Artificially produced in an X‑ray tube

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Relation of positrons’ and gamma rays’ emission

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Emitted following the radioactive decay of an unstable nucleus

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Attenuation increases with

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Attenuation increases with
Higher atomic number
Higher density
X-Rays are essentially an attenuation map

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Transmission Imaging - action and advantages

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Transmission Imaging
Radiation is directed through the patient
A transmission map collected is essentially an attenuation map
Good at showing structure, especially between tissues of different densities or atomic number

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Emission Imaging - action

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The radiation is administered to a patient in the form of a tracer
Emitted radiation is detected outside the patient

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Voltage/current function in X-ray tube

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High voltage controls the energy of the x-rays

Current control the amount of x-rays

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X-ray produced when and how much control do we have

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X-rays only produced when tube is in action i.e. can be switched on/off
We have control over the amount and energy of x-rays produced

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Detectors for planar X-ray - Film Hardcopy = describe action

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Film processor with tanks of chemicals

High resolution

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Detectors for planar X-ray - Computed Radiology computer copy
= describe action

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Phosphor plate
Special laser scanner or CR reader that reads and digitizes the image
Digital enhancement and archiving

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Detectors for planar X-ray - Digital Radiology (DR)

= describe action

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Flat panel detector, fully digitised system

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PE X-ray description

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Wedge shaped defect 🡪 Pulmonary embolism

Only large PE can be seen on X-ray

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X-Ray Screening: Mammography = describe action and advantages

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High resolution
Compression plate used to reduce breast thickness
Improves resolution
Lowers radiation dose (used as a screening tool)

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Real-time X-ray: Fluoroscopy - action and use
Real-time imaging A catheter is fed inside an artery and radio opaque dye is injected Show blood flow inside vessels and can be used to assist with interventions
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X-ray intervention: | Coronary angiography - action
Real-time imaging using an image intensifier called fluoroscopy A cardiac catheter is fed inside the aorta Radio-opaque contrast agent used to identify areas of occlusion Treatment may be either balloon angioplasty or insertion of a stent
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Limitations of Planar X-ray
Cannot distinguish between overlying tissues Tissues other than those being observed reduce contrast in the image Historically partially solved by moving the film cassette and X-ray relative to the patient to blur out overlying tissues, called “tomography” (from Greek “part/slice” - “write”) Superseded by Computed Axial Tomography, now abbreviated to CT
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Helical scanning - action
Helical scan is a method of recording high-frequency signals on magnetic tape Continuous rotation Continuous table feed
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Helical MSCT - advantages
Multi-slice Faster scan More coverage each rotation
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CT acute diagnosis: | Haemorrhage or blood clot? - what is needed and why
Urgent diagnosis required for treatment | Clot busting drugs may increase bleeding
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CT: Disease progression - use of imaging and any measurements done
Measurement of the size of the left inguinal lymph node shows progression of disease Imaging is used for monitoring response to therapy
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CT in Treatment Planning
External beam radiotherapy irradiates normal tissue as well as tumour Multiple beams are used to spare normal tissue CT is used to define area to be treated and the direction of the radiotherapy beams that are used
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Functional Imaging - action
Inject radioactive tracer, patient is emitting the gamma rays Image depends on the metabolism of the tracer: Functional Imaging
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Gamma camera - what does it use and +ves
Uses single photon emitting radionuclides | Can operate in 2D (planar) or 3D (SPECT)
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PET - uses what and characteristics
PET Positron Emission Tomography Uses positron emitting radionuclides Always 3D
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Why is nuclear medicine a functional modality
Nuclear Medicine only shows function It may reflect anatomy but without metabolism, the tracer will not be taken up Nuclear Medicine is a functional modality
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Half-life- define
Half-life is time taken for the radioactivity to reduce to 50%
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Gamma Camera Imaging - function of imaging heads
Gamma cameras have imaging “heads” | For radionuclides that decay with direct emission of gamma rays
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Most common radionuclide
Most common radionuclide is Tc-99m (T1/2 = 6 hours)
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Tracers used in gamma camera imaging:
Tracers used in gamma camera imaging: Tc-99m MDP (bone scans) Tc-99m DTPA (kidneys) Tc-99m White Cells (infection/inflammation)
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Dynamic Renal Transplant Scan - action
Camera positioned above the patient Tc-99m DTPA injected IV Camera positioned above the patient Gamma camera records gamma rays and collects image over time Functional Time –Activity curves are obtained
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SPECT - define + +ves
SPECT is a nuclear imaging scan that integrates computed tomography (CT) and a radioactive tracer (observe BF) Acquire up to 64 images from around the head Reconstruction of transaxial slices
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DaTSCAN - define and action
A DaTSCAN is a scan of the brain. DaTSCAN contains the active substance ioflupane (I123) which is used to help diagnose abnormalities in the brain. Binds to the dopamine transporters (DAT), on the neurons
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β+ Particle Radiation - effect
Both positron and electron are annihilated | 2 gamma rays are created at 180o to each other
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β+ Particle - define
A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation, is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus during the process of beta decay
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FDG - define + allows what
FDG is a glucose analogue which enters cells in the same way as glucose Allows = good reflection of the distribution of glucose uptake and phosphorylation by cells in the body
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Metabolism of FDG
Glucose in blood → Glucose in cell → Glucose-6P (by phosphorylation) → Glycolysis FDG in blood → FDG in cell → FDG-6P by phoshphorylation but then it is metabolically trapped
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PET Scanner - action
A ring of scintillation detectors supported in a fixed gantry Operated in “coincidence mode” - only photons emitted from an annihilation event are recorded
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PET Coincidence - describe
2 gamma rays originate from one annihilation event Both are detected within a short time (a few ns) Defines ray path for subsequent reconstruction of image
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Alzheimer's disease characteristics
Alzheimer’s disease (hypometabolism, mostly in temporal and parietal regions)
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Pick’s disease characteristics
Pick’s disease (fronto-temporal hypometabolism)
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High resolution - types of scans
High resolution CT SPECT PET
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Hybrid Imaging - examples
PET-CT SPECT-CT PET-MR
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Role of CT in localisation
Fused PET & CT show the exact location of the “hot spot”
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Attenuation - describe
Gamma rays originating from the centre of the patient will travel through more tissue which mean they are attenuated more The CT image is used as an attenuation map to correct the PET image

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