PURPOSE To design and test the feasibility of a novel dual source array, dual detector array TBCT system which is capable of both volumetric CT imaging as well as real-time stereoscopic x-ray imaging for image guided radiotherapy (IGRT). METHODS Besides producing improved image quality, the geometry of TBCT is also more compact and flexible. It is possible to mount two x-ray source arrays and...

medical x-rays are the largest man-made source of public exposure to ionizing radiation. while the benefits of computed tomography (ct) are well known in accurate diagnosis, those benefits are not risk free. ct is a device with higher patient dose in comparison with other conventional radiation procedures. so it is important to avoid conditions where the amount of radiation used is more than th...

The temporal resolution (TR) of an image has become an important property in computed tomography (CT) when examining organs whose motion can not be stopped for the duration of the CT scan, such as in cardiac CT. In this context, “higher TR” conventionally means that the raw data from which a given image was reconstructed was measured within a shorter time interval than the raw data of a similar...

Current computed tomography (CT) scanners rotate fast to reduce motion artifact. X-ray tube must work in a high power to make the image clear under short exposure time. However, the life span of such a tube may be shortened. In this paper, we propose a novel double sources CT imaging system, which puts two of the same X-ray sources closely with each other. The system is different from current d...

Adipose tissue is a target for cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), a cytokine member of the IL-6 family of cytokines that is involved in cardiac growth and dysfunction. However, it is unknown whether adipocytes are a source of CT-1 and whether CT-1 is overexpressed in diseases characterized by increased fat depots [i.e., the metabolic syndrome (MS)]. Thus this work aimed 1) to test whether adipose tissue e...