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A challenge to Quantum-PET (Q-PET)

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K19936
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 90:Biomedical engineering and related fields
Research InstitutionNational Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Yamaya Taiga  国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 量子医科学研究所 先進核医学基盤研究部, 次長 (40392245)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 澁谷 憲悟  東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 助教 (20415425)
高橋 美和子  国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 量子医科学研究所 先進核医学基盤研究部, 主幹研究員 (00529183)
Project Period (FY) 2021-07-09 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
KeywordsPET / 陽電子 / ポジトロニウム / 核医学
Outline of Research at the Start

陽電子放出核種で目印した検査薬のがんへの取り込み具合を、γ線を頼りに画像化する。これが、ポジトロン断層法(PET)の診断原理であり、その誕生以来45年間変わっていない。本研究では、放射能ではなく、核種から飛び出た陽電子がγ線に変わるまでの数ナノ秒の時間に着眼し、これをバイオマーカーとした独自法「量子PET(Q-PET)」の実現へ挑戦する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Some of the positrons emitted from PET tracers form the exotic atom positronium (Ps) before annihilating with electrons. Ps in which the spin of the positron and the electron is parallel is designated as ortho-positronium (o-Ps), and Ps in which the spin is anti-parallel is para-positronium. Their formation ratio is 3:1. The lifetime by which o-Ps annihilates to 511 keV photons depends on the surrounding electron density. We have shown that the o-Ps lifetime in water is linearly related to the oxygen partial pressure, and in this work, we aimed to realize "quantum PET (Q-PET)" using o-Ps as a new biomarker. The first application is imaging the oxygen concentration of tumors. In this work, we succeeded to demonstrate two-dimensional imaging of the o-Ps lifetime, which is the first step to realize Q-PET.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

放射線がん治療の成績は、がん組織の酸素状態に大きく依存することが知られており、治療抵抗性を示す低酸素がんには重粒子線治療が有効である。また重粒子線治療自体も、回転ガントリーにマルチイオン照射法を組み合わせることにより、低酸素部位に合わせてLET(線エネルギー付与)分布を最適化する手法の実用化も進められている。このように放射線がん治療法が高度化しつつある今、腫瘍内の低酸素部位を可視化する方法が切望されている。本研究成果はこのような医学ニーズに応えるものであり、本研究を継続して、今回の二次元での実証結果を今後の3次元画像化に発展させていくことが期待される。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 4 results) Remarks (1 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Experience and new prospects of PET imaging for ion beam therapy monitoring2023

    • Author(s)
      Katia Parodi, Taiga Yamaya, Pawel Moskal
    • Journal Title

      Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

      Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Pages: 22-34

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.zemedi.2022.11.001

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Using inverse Laplace transform in positronium lifetime imaging2022

    • Author(s)
      Shibuya Kengo、Saito Haruo、Tashima Hideaki、Yamaya Taiga
    • Journal Title

      Physics in Medicine & Biology

      Volume: 67 Issue: 2 Pages: 025009-025009

    • DOI

      10.1088/1361-6560/ac499b

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Study on the radiofrequency transparency of electrically floating and ground PET inserts in a 3 T clinical MRI system2022

    • Author(s)
      Md Shahadat Hossain Akram, Takayuki Obata, Fumihiko Nishikido, Taiga Yamaya
    • Journal Title

      Med. Phys.

      Volume: 49 Issue: 5 Pages: 2965-2978

    • DOI

      10.1002/mp.15588

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Compton imaging for medical applications2022

    • Author(s)
      Hideaki Tashima, Taiga Yamaya
    • Journal Title

      Radiological Physics and Technology

      Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Pages: 187-205

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12194-022-00666-2

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Axial scalable add-on PET/MRI prototype based on four-layer DOI detectors integrated with a RF coil2022

    • Author(s)
      Fumihiko Nishikido, Takayuki Obata, Mikio Suga, Yuma Iwao, Hideaki Tashima, Eiji Yoshida, Md Shahadat Hossain Akram, Taiga Yamaya
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A

      Volume: 1040 Pages: 167239-167239

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nima.2022.167239

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Two-dimensional positronium lifetime imaging using certified reference materials2022

    • Author(s)
      Takyu Sodai、Shibuya Kengo、Nishikido Fumihiko、Tashima Hideaki、Takahashi Miwako、Yamaya Taiga
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Express

      Volume: 15 Issue: 10 Pages: 106001-106001

    • DOI

      10.35848/1882-0786/ac8d7b

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Submillimeter resolution positron emission tomography for high-sensitivity mouse brain imaging2022

    • Author(s)
      Han Gyu Kang, Hideaki Tashima, Hidekatsu Wakizaka, Fumihiko Nishikido, Makoto Higuchi, Miwako Takahashi, Taiga Yamaya
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Nuclear Medicine

      Volume: - Issue: 6 Pages: 978-985

    • DOI

      10.2967/jnumed.122.264433

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Initial results of a mouse brain PET insert with a staggered 3-layer DOI detector2021

    • Author(s)
      Kang Han Gyu、Tashima Hideaki、Nishikido Fumihiko、Akamatsu Go、Wakizaka Hidekazu、Higuchi Makoto、Yamaya Taiga
    • Journal Title

      Physics in Medicine and Biology

      Volume: 66 Issue: 21 Pages: 215015-215015

    • DOI

      10.1088/1361-6560/ac311c

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Positron Emission Tomography and other new modality developed / under-development in QST2023

    • Author(s)
      Taiga Yamaya
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Double Photon Emission Computed Tomography and beyond
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] PET・コンプトンカメラへの応用2023

    • Author(s)
      山谷泰賀
    • Organizer
      2022年度医療放射線技術研究会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Feasibility of dose estimation by PET using positronium lifetime: detecting radicals in aqueous solution2022

    • Author(s)
      Sodai Takyu, Kengo Shibuya, Ken-Ichiro Matsumoto, Fumihiko Nishikido, Go Akamatsu, Hideaki Tashima, Miwako Takahashi, Taiga Yamaya
    • Organizer
      13th Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tracking the Same Fast-LGSO Crystals by Changing Surface Treatments2022

    • Author(s)
      M. Kiyokawa, H. G. Kang, T. Yamaya
    • Organizer
      2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] SiPMを用いたTOF-PET検出器の時間分解能向上に関する基礎的研究2022

    • Author(s)
      清川実穂, Han Gyu Kang, 山谷泰賀
    • Organizer
      第59回アイソトープ・放射線研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Bench-to-clinical research accelerated by Future PET Development Unit2022

    • Author(s)
      Taiga Yamaya, Miwako Takahashi, Hideaki Tashima, Go Akamatsu, Sodai Takyu, Eiji Yoshida, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Hideaki Haneishi, Mikio Suga, Kazuya Kawamura, Yoichi Imai
    • Organizer
      第124回日本医学物理学会学術大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 未来PET創造研究ユニットが推進するB-to-C研究:頭部から全身へ2022

    • Author(s)
      山谷泰賀, 高橋美和子, 田島英朗, 赤松剛, 田久創大, 吉田英治, 黒澤俊介, 鎌田圭, 吉川彰, 羽石秀昭, 菅幹生, 川村和也, 石橋真理子, 今井陽一
    • Organizer
      第83回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] PET Imaging Innovations2022

    • Author(s)
      山谷泰賀
    • Organizer
      4th Jagiellonian Symposium on Advances in Particle Physics and Medicine
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 陽電子でがんや脳をイメージングする ~PETを支える計測技術と未来予想~2022

    • Author(s)
      山谷泰賀
    • Organizer
      国際画像機器展特別招待講演
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Initial Demonstration of Quantum PET: 2D Positronium Lifetime Imaging Using a Pair of TOF Detectors2021

    • Author(s)
      S. Takyu, H. Tashima, K. Shibuya, F. Nishikido, M. Takahashi, T. Yamaya
    • Organizer
      virtual 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of Reflector Materials on the CTR of a TOF-PET Detector with Fast-LGSO Crystal2021

    • Author(s)
      H. G. Kang, F. Nishikido, E. Yoshida, T. Yamaya
    • Organizer
      virtual 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Optimization of GFAG Crystal Surface Treatment for SiPM Based Clinical TOF PET Detector2021

    • Author(s)
      H. G. Kang, K. Kamada, A. Yoshikawa, F. Nishikido, T. Yamaya
    • Organizer
      virtual 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 量子PETの初期検討:ポジトロニウム寿命の2次元画像化2021

    • Author(s)
      田久創大, 田島英朗, 澁谷憲悟, 錦戸文彦, 高橋美和子, 山谷泰賀
    • Organizer
      第82回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 量子PETの初期実証:ポジトロニウム寿命の2次元画像化2021

    • Author(s)
      田久創大,田島英朗,澁谷憲悟,錦戸文彦,高橋美和子,山谷泰賀
    • Organizer
      第61回日本核医学会学術総会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 次世代PET研究報告書

    • URL

      https://www.nirs.qst.go.jp/usr/medical-imaging/ja/study/main.html

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Research-status Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 情報処理装置、記録媒体及びプログラム2021

    • Inventor(s)
      澁谷憲悟, 齋藤晴雄, 山谷泰賀, 田島英朗
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      東京大学、量子科学技術研究開発機構
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Industrial Property Number
      2021-113791
    • Filing Date
      2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-07-13   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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