Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Physics Teaching Series

Brian Murphy

SUNY@Buffalo Nuclear Medicine

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Physics Teaching Series

What is PET ?

The basic PET process

Data Acquisition / Analysis

NMD 525 PET Physics section syllabus

References

Visual tour ...

IBA 30MeV Cyclotron

Hot Lab / pneumatic delivery station

Siemens/CTI ECAT 951-31R PET Camera

ACS cabinets, ECAT 951/31-R

PET Operator’s station

PET Operator’s station / camera

Novastat whole blood analyzer

Counting / LKB

Network Hub

Volume tool - 3D orthogonal slices

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