Journal article
Positron emission tomography: Use of short-lived radionuclides for neurological research
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, Vol.10(2), pp.1072-1076
1985
DOI: 10.1016/0168-583X(85)90174-0
Abstract
Positron emission tomography (PET) measures the temporal and spatial distributions of short-lived positron emitting nuclides within the human body. Positron annihilation radiation is detected by rings of discrete scintillators surrounding the body. Images (128 × 128 pixels) of the radioactivity distributions are reconstructed from the discrete ray projections of the detected coincident photons. Each pixel is fit to a mathematical model that represents a physiological process such as blood flow or metabolism to create a new three parameter functional or parametric image.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Positron emission tomography: Use of short-lived radionuclides for neurological research
- Creators
- R.D Hichwa - University of Michigan Medical School, Cyclotron/PET Facility, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, Vol.10(2), pp.1072-1076
- DOI
- 10.1016/0168-583X(85)90174-0
- ISSN
- 0168-583X
- eISSN
- 1872-9584
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1985
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Research Administration; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984213444902771
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