06/04/21
1
Positron Emission Tomography
PET imaging
Radioactive
glucose
Image of patient adapted with the permission of Jens Langner
from: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-23509
06/04/21
1
Positron Emission Tomography
PET imaging
Radioactive
glucose
Image of patient adapted with the permission of Jens Langner
from: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-23509
06/04/21
2
Positron Emission Tomography
Making radiotracers
Magne
tic
field
O
18
8
F
18
9
Target
Electromagnet
South pole
North pole
Radioactive
glucose
Proton
beam
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Positron Emission Tomography
Positron
emmision
6
7
8
9
10
11
6
7
8
9
10
O
17
8
O
16
8
O
18
8
Stable
N
1
67
F
1
89
Unstable
Proton Number
N
e
u
tr
o
n
N
u
m
b
e
r
p
n
beta-plus decay
positron
(
anti-particle of an
electron)
Stable
isotop
es
beta-minus
decay
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Positron Emission Tomography
Gamma
pairs
electron
positro
n
Gamma ray
Gamma ray