Over 60 years ago, Lauritsen and Crane discovered carbon-11, a new radioactive isotope
which has a 20.4 min halflife and decays by positron emission. Since this preceded the …

[en] The unique role of positron emission tomography (PET) is discussed with respect to its
specificity and sensitivity for measuring, through quantitative imaging, molecular pathways …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a diagnostic imaging method to investigate
physiological and metabolic functions and their disorders in vivo. Dedicated ring systems of …

Positron emission tomography has considerably developed during the past ten years and
has proved to be the only original quantitative method appropriate to the study of the in vivo …

Tracer technology makes it possible to observe physiological and biochemical processes in
the living organism in a dynamic mode. Positron emission tomography adds the use of …

[en] This paper reports on positron emission tomography (PET), a technique for the
noninvasive measurement of local tissue concentrations of injected radioactive tracers …

The preparation of labelled compounds is important for the application of positron emission
transaxial tomography (PETT) in biomedical sciences. This paper describes problems and …

MoRE than a decade has passed since the introduction of positron emission tomo-graphy
(PET), a technique than can be used safely to measure physiological and biochemical …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a computerized imaging technique which may
enable quantitative regional information about brain function to be obtained in vivo. In …

Molecular imaging is an emerging technology that allows the visualization of interactions
between molecular probes and biological targets. Molecules that either direct or are subject …