PET scanning

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[lukaszha]

1:07 gamma rays. X rays are rays released by orbital electron transmissions not nuclear activities.

[pranavratna]

What was the simulation he used to demonstrate the pet LOR ? How was it made visible.

[TheClumsyFairy]

Anyone know the Royal Institution lecture this was taken from, I'd like to see the whole thing?

[atlaskat]

Okay but doesn't the antimatter annihilations happen wherever the positron hits an electron? How does it work then, that we can see the cancer specifically? How is are the annihilations different to one another?

[Dr.GeovanioBarreto]

Muito bom, gostei da explicação, só faltou entender

[tand]

He made a mistake. Should be gamma rays are produced. Not x rays.

[ThatOne]

Wow. Educated man can't pronounce "beta."