What PET scanner is made of
Positron emission tomography.
- Photodiode — has part. Photodetectors register the scintillations.
- Ring of scintillation detectors — has part. Scintillators around the patient.
- Computer — has part. Image reconstruction.
- Radioactivity — uses. A radioactive tracer.
- Computer — uses. Reconstruction.
- Radiotracer vial — uses. A tracer with a positron-emitting isotope.
- Steel — is made of. The gantry is steel.