US 12,011,248 B2
Multi-detector personalized home dosimetry garment
Robert S. Miyaoka, Seattle, WA (US); Hubert Vesselle, Seattle, WA (US); Robert Stewart, Seattle, WA (US); Robert L. Harrison, Seattle, WA (US); and Larry A. Pierce, II, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/045,112
Filed by University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US)
PCT Filed May 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/031880
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/217928, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/669,884, filed on May 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228078 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01); G01T 1/02 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0024 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0033 (2013.01); A61B 5/066 (2013.01); A61B 5/6805 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); G01T 1/02 (2013.01); G01T 1/29 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for detecting radiation emitted from one or more organs in a body undergoing internal radionuclide therapy, and transmitting signals characterizing the detected radiation, comprising:
providing a garment configured to be secured around the body during positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) and to permit imaging a portion of the body through the garment, wherein the garment further comprises grid markings that are configured to be visible in computed tomography images through the garment;
marking the body with a plurality of fiducial markers;
attaching the garment to the body in a repeatable position using the plurality of fiducial markers;
imaging the body with the garment in the repeatable position using a PET/CT scanner to generate images showing the one or more organs and the grid markings;
fixing a plurality of radiation detectors to the garment in locations based on the images obtained from the PET/CT scanner, wherein the detectors are positioned to detect radiation emitted from the one or more organs, wherein the detectors are operatively connectable to a computer and configured to transmit signals characterizing the radiation detected by the detectors to the computer;
removing the garment from the body;
injecting the body with a radionuclide;
attaching the garment to the body in the repeatable position after the body has been injected with the radionuclide; and
transmitting signals corresponding to the radiation detected by the detectors to the computer.