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Area of Science:

  • Plant Biology
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Studying plant interactions in changing environments requires whole-plant level in vivo imaging.
  • Existing imaging technologies lack the molecular and functional insights needed for dynamic plant processes.
  • Positron Emission Tomography (PET) offers potential for non-invasive molecular and functional imaging in plants.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and characterize a dedicated plant PET imager for in vivo molecular and functional imaging.
  • To enable the study of plant physiological processes, such as photoassimilate translocation, at the whole-plant level.
  • To provide a controlled environment for plant imaging experiments using a plant growth chamber (PGC).

Main Methods:

  • Integration of commercial small animal PET detector modules (microPET® and Inveon™) into a custom-built imager.
  • Configuration of detector modules into half-rings (15 cm FOV) or quarter-rings (25 cm FOV) for dynamic or step-and-shoot acquisitions.
  • Inclusion of linear and rotation stages for multisection scanning and comprehensive data collection within a PGC.

Main Results:

  • The plant PET imager achieved energy resolutions of 15% (Inveon) and 24% (microPET), with a timing resolution of 1.8 ns.
  • Sensitivity measurements ranged from 1.3% to 3.0% within the field of view.
  • Spatial resolution allowed for the resolving of 1.25 mm diameter rod sources spaced 2.5 mm apart using ML-EM reconstruction.
  • Preliminary experiments with (11)CO2-labeled soybean and maize produced high-quality dynamic PET images revealing photoassimilate translocation patterns.

Conclusions:

  • The developed plant PET imager provides valuable in vivo molecular and functional imaging capabilities for plant research.
  • The system facilitates the study of plant interactions and physiological processes under precisely controlled environmental conditions.
  • This technology opens new avenues for understanding plant responses to environmental changes at a molecular level.