2020-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BMSC-GA 4469 Positron Emission Tomography

3 Credits
An introduction to the fundamentals of positron emission tomography (PET) focusing initially on physics and instrumentation, then addressing how PET data are collected and formed into an image, the synthesis and production of PET radionuclides, the design of imaging studies for PET tracer validation, the principles of PET tracer kinetic modeling, the clinical applications.

Weekly Lecture Hours: 3