PET instrumentation.
PET is a nuclear medicine imaging modality and belongs to the family of emission CT, which also includes single-photon emission CT. PET measures the physiologic function inside the human body by measuring the concentration of a radioactively-labeled compound that is taken up by and accumulated in the body's organs. This article discusses the instrumentation used in PET.
Surti
Suleman
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Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 110 Donner Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. surti@mail.med.upenn.edu
Karp
Joel S
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Kinahan
Paul E
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