Recent Developments In Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Instrumentation

Stephen E. Derenzo

doi:10.1117/12.966701

1 January 1986 Recent Developments In Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Instrumentation

Stephen E. Derenzo

Proceedings Volume 0671, Physics and Engineering of Computerized Multidimensional Imaging and Processing; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966701
Event: Physics and Engineering of Computerized Multidimensional Imaging and Processing, 1986, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper presents recent detector developments and perspectives for positron emission tomography (PET) instrumentation used for medical research, as well as the physical processes in positron annihilation, photon scattering and detection, tomograph design considerations, and the potentials for new advances in detectors.

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Stephen E. Derenzo "Recent Developments In Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Instrumentation", Proc. SPIE 0671, Physics and Engineering of Computerized Multidimensional Imaging and Processing, (1 January 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966701

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