Journal article
Recent development in PET instrumentation.
Abstract
Positron emission tomography (PET) is used in the clinic and in vivo small animal research to study molecular processes associated with diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and neurological disorders, and to guide the discovery and development of new treatments. This paper reviews current challenges of advancing PET technology and some of newly developed PET detectors and systems. The paper focuses on four aspects of PET instrumentation: …
Authors
Peng BH; Levin CS
Journal
Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 555–571
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers
Publication Date
September 1, 2010
DOI
10.2174/138920110792246555
ISSN
1389-2010