PET Scan

 

                                                                    Anti-Matter and Matter

 

 

 

 

Discovery Of Antimatter

 

Positron Was Discovered In Cosmic Rays By Carl Anderson In 1932

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electron-Positron Annhilation = Gamma Rays 

 

Theory To Practice

 

Annhilation Of Positron And Electrons = Gamma Rays 

 

PET Scanner

 

 

 

 

PET Scan 

 

 

 

PET detects Gamma Rays using a PET Camera

 

 

Uses Of PET Scans 

 

 PET Scan Detects Seizure Foci

 

PET Scan: Detection Of Myocardial Infarction
 

PET Scan: Detection Of Malignancy

PET Scans Detects Stimulation

 

 

 

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