Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-xi

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2. Opening Remark

   1. Opening Remark

      • Michio Kono

      Pages 1-1

3. Overview

   1. Synchrotron Radiation Applications in Medical Research

      • W. Thomlinson

      Pages 2-9

   2. A perspective view of the medical applications of synchrotron radiation in Japan

      • Yuji Itai

      Pages 10-14

4. Clinical Application in Practice or in Approach

   1. Medical activities of synchrotron radiation in Japan — Intravenous coronary cineangiography —

      • Yasuro Sugishita, Sadanori Ohtsuka, Tohoru Takeda, Yuji Itai, Kazuyuki Hyodo, Masami Ando

      Pages 15-21

   2. Intravenous Coronary Angiography with Dichromography using Synchrotron Radiation

      • Thorsten Dill, Rodolfo Ventura, Wolf-Rainer Dix, Olaf Dünger, Meike Jung, Michael Lohmann et al.

      Pages 22-28

   3. First tests on subtraction bronchography study at the Angiography station of the VEPP-3 storage ring

      • V. I. Kondratyev, G. N. Kulipanov, M. V. Kuzin, N. A. Mezentsev, S. I. Nesterov, V. F. Pinduyrin

      Pages 29-32

   4. Synchrotron Radiation Coronary Angiography with Aortographic Approach

      • Tohoru Takeda, Keiji Umetani, Toshiki Doi, Junko Echigo, Syounosuke Matsushita, Hironori Ueki et al.

      Pages 33-41

   5. Synchrotron Radiation Micro-angiography using an Avalanche-type High-definition Video Camera

      • Yutaka Tanaka, Hidezo Mori, Etsuro Tanaka, Sumihisa Abe, Hiroyasu Makuuchi, Hiroe Nakazawa et al.

      Pages 42-53

5. Imaging

   1. Perspective for Medical Applications of Phase-Contrast X-Ray Imaging

      • Atsushi Momose, Tohoru Takeda, Yuji Itai, Akio Yoneyama, Keiichi Hirano

      Pages 54-62

   2. New Methods of X-Ray Imaging based on Phase Contrast

      • Dachao Gao, Tim E. Gureyev, Andrew Pogany, Andrew W. Stevenson, Stephen W. Wilkins

      Pages 63-71

   3. Diffraction Enhanced X-ray Imaging

      • W. Thomlinson, D. Chapman, Z. Zhong, R. E. Johnston, D. Sayers

      Pages 72-77

   4. Phase Contrast Imaging in the Field of Mammography

      • M. Di Michiel, A. Olivo, G. Tromba, F. Arfelli, V. Bonvicini, A. Bravin et al.

      Pages 78-82

   5. Mammography Imaging Using a Harpicon-Based Image Detector

      • Keiji Umetani, Hironori Ueki, Tohoru Takeda, Yuji Itai, Masayoshi Akisada, Yasuhito Sasaki

      Pages 83-86

   6. Specific Element Imaging by Monochromatic X-ray CT Using Synchrotron Radiation

      • Yasuaki Nagata, Hironao Yamaji, Kazuo Hayashi, Katsuhiro Kawashima, K. Hyodo, M. Ando

      Pages 87-94

   7. Synchrotron Radiation Computed Tomography applied to the Brain: Phantom Studies at the ESRF Medical Beamline

      • A. M. Charvet, C. Lartizien, F. Estève, G. Le Duc, A. Collomb, H. Elleawne et al.

      Pages 95-98

   8. Iodine-Filter Imaging System for Subtraction Angiography and Its Improvement by Fluorescent-Screen Harpicon Detector

      • Keiji Umetani, Tohoru Takeda, Hironori Ueki, Ken Ueda, Yuji Itai, Izumi Anno et al.

      Pages 99-102

   9. Development of a Monochromatic X-ray Computed Tomography with Synchrotron Radiation for Functional Imaging

      • Tohoru Takeda, Masahiro Kazama, Tsutomu Zeniya, Tetsuya Yuasa, Masahiro Akïba, Akira Uchida et al.

      Pages 103-110

   10. Contrast Analysis in Coronary Images using 2D Monochromatic X-rays for Optimized Dedicated Synchrotron IVCA System

       • Yasunari Oku, Kazuyuki Hyod, Masami Ando, Zhong Zhong, William Thomlinson

       Pages 111-117

6. Sources and Instruments

   1. Conceptual design of a medical application radiation source

      • E. Levichev, N. Mezentsev, A. Iwata, S. Kamiya

      Pages 118-126

Synchrotron radiation has important applications in medical imaging, especially in such areas as intravenous coronary angiography, mammography, bronchography, and monochromatic computed tomography. In medicine, phase contrast imaging is a particularly exciting development, with the potential to become a new X-ray eye in the 21st century. To discuss these and related topics, medical doctors met with physicists and other researchers in Haga, Japan, in August 1997. This volume contains the proceedings of the International Workshop on Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (HAGA 97), where practitioners from the world of medicine could communicate directly with researchers from the world of physics to discuss practical and theoretical aspects of medical imaging with synchrotron radiation. This volume, presenting the outcome of the discussions and presentations in the workshop, is a valuable resource to all who are interested in medical imaging and physics.

• X-ray
• angiography
• brain
• computed tomography (CT)
• diagnostic imaging
• medical imaging
• radiation
• tomography

• Photon Factory, KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  Masami Ando

• Department of Investigative Radiology, Research Institute, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

  Chikao Uyama

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