TY - CHAP AU - Herzog, H. AU - Almeida, P. TI - CHAPTER 5. Introduction to PET CY - Cambridge PB - Royal Society of Chemistry M1 - FZJ-2018-07760 T2 - New Developments in NMR SP - 129 - 146 PY - 2018 AB - Positron emission tomography (PET) is a diagnostic imaging method used to examine metabolic function and disorders thereof. Dedicated ring systems of scintillation detectors measure the 511 keV radiation produced in the course of the positron emission from radiolabelled, metabolically-active molecules. In order to obtain PET images appropriate for research and clinical use, the different PET detector components, reconstruction methods and data processing procedures have to be optimised. This chapter introduces the basics of PET physics and technology. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)7 DO - DOI:10.1039/9781788013062-00129 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/858924 ER -