A multimodal source for imaging with at least one of a gamma camera, a positron
emission tomography (PET) scanner and a single-photon-emission computed tomography
(SPECT) scanner, and at least one of a computed tomography (CT) scanner, magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and optical scanner. The multimodal source has
radioactive material permanently incorporated into a matrix of material, at least
one of a material that is a target for CT, MRI and optical scanning, and a container
which holds the radioactive material and the CT, MRI and/or optical target material.
The source can be formed into a variety of different shapes such as points, cylinders,
rings, squares, sheets and anthropomorphic shapes. The material that is a target
for gamma cameras, PET scanners and SPECT scanners and/or CT, MRI and/or optical
scanners can be formed into shapes that mimic biological structures.
