arXiv:2607.27741physics.med-phcs.CV2026-07

提出新算法,用三光子信号提升正电子素成像精度与信息量。

Three-Photon Bayesian Imaging of Ortho-Positronium

论文配图:Three-Photon Bayesian Imaging of Ortho-Positronium
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  • 基于贝叶斯推断,融合时间、能量与量子电动力学先验统一重建
  • 位置误差仅1.62厘米,比传统方法提升近两倍至十倍
  • 可兼容现有TOF-PET设备,适用于18F等常用放射性核素

PET通过正电子-电子湮灭产生的双光子符合实现功能成像。在人体组织中,约40%的湮灭前会形成正电子素(Ps),其中正交态正电子素(o-Ps)部分衰变为三光子,其余则通过捡拾或自旋交换退化为双光子。三光子通道携带了关于微环境的额外信息,如三/二光子产率比,可作为潜在诊断指标。本文提出TRIO算法,一种基于贝叶斯最大后验推断的事件级三光子图像重建方法,首次将时间定位、能量重建与基于量子电动力学(QED)的物理先验统一于单一概率框架。与依赖初始光子的正电子素寿命成像不同,TRIO仅需三光子信号,完全兼容标准放射性核素如18F。蒙特卡洛模拟基于Siemens Biograph Quadra扫描仪,显示平均定位误差为1.62厘米,较基于时间的三边定位(3.05厘米)提升约一倍,较仅用能量重建(18厘米)提升约一个数量级。更重要的是,该贝叶斯方法可适配现有支持三光子符合的TOF-PET扫描仪。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

PET provides functional images relying on two-photon coincidences from positron-electron annihilation. In human tissue, about 40\% of annihilations are preceded by Ps formation, of which o-Ps component partially decays into three photons, with the remainder annihilating via pick-off or spin-exchange into two photons. This three-photon channel carries additional information about the surrounding micro-environment, including the three-to-two-photon yield ratio as a potential diagnostic marker. We propose the TRIO algorithm, a novel three-photon event-by-event image reconstruction algorithm formulated as a Bayesian maximum a posteriori inference problem. TRIO unifies time-based trilateration, energy-based reconstruction and, for the first time, a physics-informed prior derived from the QED description of Ps decay within a single probabilistic framework. In contrast to positronium lifetime imaging, which requires a prompt photon and is therefore restricted to specific radionuclides, TRIO relies solely on the three photons and is fully compatible with standard radionuclides such as 18F. Monte Carlo simulation modelled after the Siemens Biograph Quadra scanner demonstrates a mean position error of 1.62~cm, improving by approximately a factor of two over the time-based trilateration (3.05 cm) and by about an order of magnitude over energy-based reconstruction alone (18 cm). More importantly, the proposed Bayesian approach is compatible with existing TOF-PET scanners that can register three-photon annihilation coincidences.

PET成像三光子贝叶斯推理正电子素

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