Fig. 14.1 Examples of TACs (time-activity curves) from several radiotracers Fig. 14.2 Schematic diagram for analysis of tracer kinetics in PET data 14.3 Compartmental Model This section describes compartmental model…
Fig. 1.1 Electric and magnetic field propagated as a transverse wave perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of propagation Fig. 1.2 Electromagnetic spectrum: Waves with shorter wavelength…
Fig. 2.1 Patient flow through the facility, highlighting hot, cold and shielded stages, and colour coded in proportion to the hazard Consideration of the following points is recommended to…
Fig. 11.1 One ring of a typical PET scanner and data processing In modern PET scanners, the septa were removed for 3D data acquisition to improve the system sensitivity. For…
Fig. 15.1 1D illustration of the spill-in and spill-out effects. The solid blue line represents the true distribution, the dashed blue lines indicate the edges of the target region, and…
Fig. 19.1 Typical coronary anatomy. The LAD, LCx, and RCA are the three main coronary arteries that perfuse the LV myocardium. The colored polar map is an example image of…
Fig. 8.1 Schematic of positron decay: the unstable parent nuclei decay emitting a positron in the process. The positron travels some distance (referred to as positron range) while losing its…
Fig. 10.1 Schematic of the dataflow in a PET system. The detector system consists of a large number of detector modules with associated front-end electronics. The outputs from the detector…
No. Type of malignancy Percentage (%) 0–14a 0–19a 5-year survivalb 1 Leukemias 30 51.6 47.1 80.7 2 Brain and CNS tumors 20 42.2 43.1 72.1 3 lymphomas 14 16.6 25.1…
Nuclide Half-life Nuclear reaction Decay mode β± mean (KeV) Target material Product Cyclotron-produced PET radionuclides 18F 109.8 m 18O(p,n)18F β+ (96.7 %) EC(3.3 %) 249.8 H2 18O 18F− 20Ne(d,α)18F…
