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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Particle Therapy Physics
  • Computational Radiology

Background:

  • Proton computed tomography (pCT) offers superior soft-tissue contrast compared to conventional x-ray CT.
  • A key limitation of pCT is the finite range of protons, leading to incomplete data and reconstruction artifacts.
  • Current pCT systems struggle with imaging large or dense anatomical regions due to proton range limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel methodology for generating virtual proton projections from megavoltage x-ray projections.
  • To address the missing proton data caused by the proton range limit in pCT.
  • To enable improved pCT image reconstruction by incorporating these virtual proton projections.

Main Methods:

  • Established relations between proton and multispectral megavoltage x-ray projections for distinct human tissue types (adipose, non-adipose soft tissue, bone).
  • Utilized megavoltage x-ray computed tomography (MVCT) images and projection data to convert x-ray projections into proton projections via calibration curves and coarse segmentation.
  • Performed mathematical simulations to validate the conversion accuracy and reconstructed proton stopping power images using virtual and/or physical proton projections.

Main Results:

  • Virtual proton projections demonstrated a low uncertainty of ±0.8% compared to simulated ground truth.
  • Proton stopping power images reconstructed with a blend of virtual (48%) and physical (52%) projections showed a ±0.86% uncertainty.
  • Reconstruction solely from virtual proton projections yielded an uncertainty of ±1.1%, with an estimated average proton range uncertainty below 1.5% for clinical imaging doses.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method successfully converts x-ray projections into virtual proton projections.
  • These virtual proton projections can be integrated with existing data or used independently for pCT reconstruction.
  • This approach effectively mitigates the proton range limitation issue in pCT, enhancing its clinical applicability with current therapeutic proton machines.