PET

Question 1

[year, person] first theorized positron

Answer 1

1828 - Paul Dirac

Question 2

[year, person] coined term “positron”

Answer 2

1932 - Carl D. Anderson

Question 3

annihilation possible?

Answer 3

conservation of matter

Question 4

clinical applications of PET

Answer 4

brain
heart
oncology

Question 5

[persons, year] developed the ACD

Answer 5

Michael Phelps
Edward J. Hoffman
Michael M. Terpogossian

Question 6

[composition] PET detectors

Answer 6

8x8 scintillation
inorganic crystals which emit light photons
4 PMT -circular pattern around pt

Question 7

[charac] bismuth geminate (BGO)

Answer 7

high stooping power
poor energy resolution
slow scintillation

Question 8

septa composition

Answer 8

Pb/W

Question 9

septa purpose

Answer 9

limits scattered rad’n from the object reaching the detector