Nuclide Imaging: Planar Scintigraphy, SPECT, PET - Polytechnic ...
Nuclide Imaging: Planar Scintigraphy, SPECT, PET - Polytechnic ...
Nuclide Imaging: Planar Scintigraphy, SPECT, PET - Polytechnic ...
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What is Nuclear Medicine• Also known as nuclide imaging• Introduce radioactive substance intobody• Allow for distribution anduptake/metabolism of compound⇒ Functional <strong>Imaging</strong>!• Detect regional variations ofradioactivity as indication ofpresence or absence of specificphysiologic function• Detection by “gamma camera” ordetector array• (Image reconstruction)From H. Graber, Lecture Note for BMI1, F05EL5823 Nuclear <strong>Imaging</strong> Yao Wang, <strong>Polytechnic</strong> U., Brooklyn 3