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Basic Principles of PET-CT Imaging

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PET/CT in Neuroendocrine Tumors

Part of the book series: Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging ((PET/CT))

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PET-CT imaging has become a very powerful tool in cancer imaging; it utilises the detection of the radiation emitted from radionuclides that decay by positron (β+) emission. This chapter looks into the physical principles of this technique, factors that affect the quality of the images produced and some of the artefacts and problems that may be encountered.

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  1. NUDAT 2.6, National Nuclear Data Centre, Brookhaven National Laboratory, http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/.

  2. Cal-Gonzalez J, et al. Positron range effects in high resolution 3D PET imaging. Nuclear science symposium conference record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE Orlando, FL.

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  1. Biomedical Technology Services, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD, Australia

    Deborah Tout

  2. Nuclear Medicine Department, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    John Dickson

  3. Nuclear Medicine Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK

    Andy Bradley

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Correspondence to Deborah Tout .

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  1. S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Nuclear Medicine, DIMES, Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Valentina Ambrosini

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Stefano Fanti

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Tout, D., Dickson, J., Bradley, A. (2016). Basic Principles of PET-CT Imaging. In: Ambrosini, V., Fanti, S. (eds) PET/CT in Neuroendocrine Tumors. Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29203-8_6

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