Instrumentation II - Ch 19

Hybrid imaging SPECT/CT & PET/CT

inside

Virtually every Position emission tomography (PET) scanner will contain a xray computed tomography (CT) unit ______

False

T or F: Every single PET scanner has CT capability

increasing

An _______ amount of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) systems also contain an integrated CT unit

spatially

These hybrid imaging systems are capable of acquiring PET or SPECT images along with _____ registered CT images

Both

Between SPECT and PET which provides functional information using radiotracers

radiotracers

these are designed to measure physiologic or metabolic parameters, or they bind or interact with specific molecular targets on the cell surface, or within cells