PET scanning

Positron emission tomography (PET scanning) collects diagnostic data from a person, and that data is then used to construct an image.

Feb/March 2022

Explain the key principles that underpin the use of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI) to collect diagnostic information about structures inside the body.

Oct/Nov 2016

Positron emission tomography (PET scanning) detects gamma-radiation so that the point where positrons originate in the body can be located.

Oct/Nov 2022

Fluorine-18 ($^{18}_{9}\text{F}$) is a radioactive nuclide used as a tracer in positron emission tomography (PET scanning). It decays to an oxygen (O) nuclide according to $^{18}_{9}\text{F} \rightarrow {}^{P}_{Q}X + {}^{R}_{8}\text{O}$.

Oct/Nov 2023

Fluorine-18 ($^{18}_{9}\text{F}$) undergoes beta-plus ($\beta^+$) emission and has a half-life of 110 minutes.

Oct/Nov 2024

Fluorine-18 ($^{18}_{9}\text{F}$) undergoes beta-plus ($\beta^{+}$) decay and has a half-life of 110 minutes.

Oct/Nov 2024