PHYSICS BEHIND PET SCAN-A REVIEW

Ritu Pasrija Physics department, DAV College, Abohar, Punjab

Abstract

There has been a great interest in the field of nuclear medicine and PET scan technology is an emerging field which has proved to be promising tool in the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases like cancer etc. The underlying physics behind PET scan is quite interesting. This paper provides a review of an insight into the mechanism involved in the process along with its potential applications.

Keywords:

Positron Emission Tomography, gamma camera.


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