PET/CT

Søren Holm, Osama Mawlawi, Thomas Beyer

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

PET, as a representative of functional imaging, has been shown to support accurate diagnosis of malignant disease (Gambhir et al. 2001), as well as providing essential information for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases (Herholz and Heiss 2004) and malfunctions of the cardiovascular system (Knuuti 2004). Nonetheless, more than 90% of all PET examinations are performed for oncology patients. PET is based on the use of trace amounts of radioactively labeled biomolecules that are injected into the patient whereby the distribution of the tracer is followed by detecting the annihilation photons resulting from the emission and annihilation of the positrons (Chapters 1 and 9).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPhysics of PET and SPECT Imaging
PublisherCRC Press
Pages339-368
Number of pages30
ISBN (Electronic)9781466560147
ISBN (Print)9781466560130
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Engineering
  • General Medicine
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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