title: [Development and future perspectives of PET technology].
abstract: The physical principle of PET is discussed, and its advantages compared with SPECT are presented. Starting from the status of PET today, future developments are discussed with special reference to three-dimensional acquisition and reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Siemens AG, Bereich Medizinische Technik, Erlangen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Newiger
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Entwicklung und Zukunftsperspektiven der PET-Technologie.