Published 1979 | Version v1
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Positron cameras in nuclear medicine

Creators

  • 1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (USA)

Description

The imaging of distributions of positron imaging isotopes in the human body offers a method of measuring quantitative physiology with minimum risk to the subject. Instruments currently available have spatial resolutions in the range 0.7 - 2.0 cm. The sensitivity of such instruments depends on detector material and configuration. Transverse section imaging using short lived positron emitting isotopes and positron imaging instruments has been used to measure quantitative physiology in the brain, heart and other organs in tissue elements down to 1 cm3. (author)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (no language)
Yo-denshi shometsu.

Publishing Information

Publisher
Japan Inst. of Metals.
Imprint Place
Sendai, Japan
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on positron annihilation
Imprint Pagination
987 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 391-401.

Conference

Title
5. international conference on positron annihilation.
Dates
8 - 11 Apr 1979.
Place
Yamanakako, Yamanashi, Japan.

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
13645823
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BRAIN; CARBON 11; FLUORINE 18; HEART; IMAGES; MAN; NITROGEN 13; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OXYGEN 15; POSITRON CAMERAS; SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CAMERAS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; GAMMA CAMERAS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MAMMALS; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; RESOLUTION; VERTEBRATES

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Back title is 'Positron annihilation'.;Yo-denshi shometsu.