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.
Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 110 Donner Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. surti@mail.med.upenn.edu
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Surti
Joel S
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Karp
Paul E
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