Shielding element, its manufacture method and PET system
[technical field]
The present invention relates to medical imaging technology, be specifically related to positron emission computerized tomography (PET) system.
[background technology]
Positron emission computerized tomography (PET) system is a kind of important medical treatment detection device, can provide the function image of organism metabolism, thus for relevant disease particularly cancer diagnosis effective technological means is provided.PET (positron emission tomography) scanner utilizes the human metabolites such as positron radionuclide labelled glucose as developer, is obtained the metabolic information of body by the picked-up of detector detection focus to developer.Its image-forming principle is: the free electron of a positron in tissue launched during positron radionuclide decay is combined to be buried in oblivion, and be converted into both direction contrary, energy is respectively the γ photon of 511KeV.When the scintillation probe that subtend is arranged in emitter both sides receives this pair γ photon simultaneously, just determine this nucleic and be positioned on the line (be called and meet line, LOR) of two probes, this detection mode meets detection exactly.By the algorithm for reconstructing of computer, image reconstruction is carried out to the sensing point carrying spatial positional information that all directions detect, obtain the distribution in nucleic space in vivo, just generate the image with positron radionuclide information.
The scan vision of PET depends on and the detector length along scan channel direction is usually about 15-30cm, much smaller than the length of human body.Thus when causing data acquisition, the gamma-rays that other positions of the human body outside scan vision are launched is got on detector, these interference rays may form random coincidence event, affect signal noise ratio (snr) of image, the image quality of reduction.
[summary of the invention]
Technical problem to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of shielding element for positron emission computerized tomography (PET) system.
The present invention solves the problems of the technologies described above the technical scheme adopted to be to provide a kind of shielding element, and it comprises supporting part and main part, and described supporting part comprises circle portion and plate portion, described main part circling ring portion and combining with plate portion.
Further, described circle portion and/or plate portion are made up of the one of aluminum, rustless steel, ordinary carbon steel.
Further, described main part is for casting is plumbous or lead-antimony alloy is made.
Further, described circle portion is perpendicular to plate portion.
Further, described plate portion is provided with the bellmouth along the circumferential direction distributed, and one-body molded on described main part have some rivets combined with bellmouth.
Another technical problem to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of manufacture method for the shielding element of positron emission computerized tomography (PET) system.
The present invention solves the problems of the technologies described above the manufacture method that the technical scheme adopted is to provide a kind of shielding element, comprises the steps: to provide supporting part, and described supporting part comprises circle portion and plate portion; Carry out casting lead after supporting part and mould being nested together and form main part; Described main part wales circle portion.
Further, described plate portion is provided with some taper holes, and described casting lead forms the rivet combined with taper hole.
Further, described circle portion is combined by welding with plate portion.
Another technical problem to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of for positron emission computerized tomography (PET) system.
The present invention is that to solve the problems of the technologies described above the technical scheme adopted be a kind of PET system, comprise PET frame, rack-mounted housing cylinder and the detector along housing cylinder circumferential directions, described housing cylinder is provided with scan channel, it is characterized in that: described PET system also comprises and is arranged in PET frame and is positioned at the shielding element of the both sides, front and back of scan channel.
Further, shielding element is concordant with detector two ends near the side of detector.
The present invention contrasts prior art following beneficial effect: by installing shielding element before and after frame, effectively can stop the interference ray outside PET scan vision, improves picture quality; And shielding element structure is simple, easily manufactured, intensity is good, and cost is low.
[accompanying drawing explanation]
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of shielding element;
Fig. 2 is the sectional view of shielding element;
Fig. 3 is the installation site-side cutaway view of shielding element;
Fig. 4 is the installation site-elevation cross-sectional view of shielding element;
Fig. 5 is the shielding schematic diagram of shielding element to ray;
In figure:
1-lead screen ring, 101-casts lead, 102-aluminum circle, 103-aluminium sheet, 104-fixing hole, the plumbous rivet of 105-, 2-frame, 3-housing cylinder, 4-detector, 5-circuit board, 6-scan channel, 7-patient, 8-true coincidence event, 9-random coincidence event, the interference ray that 10-is shielded by lead screen ring, interference ray outside 11-scan vision, the interference ray outside 12-scan vision.
[detailed description of the invention]
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the invention will be further described.
Please refer to Fig. 1-2; Shielding element 1 of the present invention structure roughly in the form of a ring, comprising: by the main part made by casting plumbous 101, and the supporting part made by aluminum circle (circle portion) 102 and aluminium sheet (plate portion) 103.Described aluminium sheet 102 is provided with the fixing hole 104 along the circumferential direction distributed, for shielding element 1 is fixed on frame 2, aluminium sheet 102 is also provided with circumferential taper hole 105.The preferred aluminum alloy materials of supporting part in the present embodiment manufactures aluminum circle 102 and aluminium sheet 103, in other embodiments, other materials also can be selected as rustless steel, ordinary carbon steel etc.Also can add a certain proportion of antimony in casting plumbous 101, improve the bulk strength of shielding element 1.
First aluminum circle 102 and aluminium sheet 103 are welded together when the shielding element 1 of the embodiment of the present invention manufactures, being then nested together with mould (not shown), it is plumbous to carry out casting.Lead water flows into the structure that the taper hole 105 of aluminium sheet 103 forms class leady rivet 1031 and casting plumbous 101 and aluminium sheet 102 is combined securely.During casting cooling, because the thermal coefficient of expansion of lead is greater than aluminum, just make to wale aluminum circle 102 tightly during plumbous cooling meat, improve overall intensity well.The surface spraying protective paint of casting lead and plumbous rivet, avoids installation and maintenance personnel directly to contact toxic metals lead.
Please refer to Fig. 3-4, the positron emission computerized tomography system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention comprises PET frame 102, is arranged on the housing cylinder 3 in frame 102 and the detector 4 along housing cylinder 3 circumferential directions.Housing cylinder 3 is provided with scan channel 6, and shielding element 1 is arranged on the front and back both sides of PET frame 102 along scan channel 6, and is fixed in PET frame 102 by the fixing hole 104 on aluminium sheet 103 by screw (not shown).Shielding element 1 need be concordant with detector two ends near the side of detector 4, and oversize meeting is blocked segment detector and reduced scan vision scope, the too short interference gamma-rays that cannot shield to greatest extent outside scan vision.
Please refer to Fig. 3-5, and emphasis is with reference to figure 5.During PET scanning, the radiological imaging agent injected in advance in patient body launches gamma-rays along all directions, true coincidence thing in scan vision, 8 is the valid data producing PET image, and the annihilation event outside the visual field cannot form true coincidence event, but random coincidence event 9 may be formed and become interfering signal.When after installation lead screen ring, the interference ray 10 outside part scan vision, by casting lead screen, is conducive to significantly reducing interference ray, improves picture quality.
The beneficial effect of the present embodiment is: by installing lead screen ring before and after frame, effectively can stop the interference ray outside PET scan vision, improves picture quality.Lead screen ring structure disclosed in the present embodiment is simple, and easily manufactured, intensity is good, and cost is low.
Although the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; so itself and be not used to limit the present invention, any those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when doing a little amendment and perfect, therefore protection scope of the present invention is when being as the criterion of defining with claims.