Medical Imaging Without Tomography: Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Medical Imaging Without Tomography: Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans

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New ultrafast photon detectors allow for rapid processing of data from positron emission or X-ray scans without the need for tomography to reconstruct images. This image shows a brain phantom (model) scanned by positron emission using the new technology.

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Simon Cherry, UC Davis

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