Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Physics Teaching Series

Radioactive decay law

Radioactive Half-life

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Measuring Radioactivity - units

Isotope symbolic representation

Isotope production

Isotope production

Isotope production

Why positron emitters for tracers?

Selected PET tracer compounds

Typical decay mechanisms

Decay schemes

Branching ratio

Decay schemes 18-F

Decay schemes 15-O

Decay schemes 13-N

Decay schemes 11-C

Decay schemes 22-Na

Decay schemes 68-Ge

Decay schemes 68-Ga

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