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Download 129 times Source: tech.snmjournals.org // Topic: Physics File Size: 197.27 kb // Total of Page: 9 Page(s) Last download by Hanarisa Last download on: 1 week ago Share this info: Sample of page (click to enlarge) Short Desciption: fore have a good understanding of x-ray imaging physics. and basic CT scanner operation, as covered by this 4-part. series. After reading the first article ... Content Inside: CONTINUING EDUCATION X-Ray Imaging Physics for Nuclear Medicine Technologists. Part 1: Basic Principles of X-Ray Production* J. Anthony Seibert, PhD Department of Radiology, Imaging Research Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California The purpose is to review in a 4-part series: (i) the basic principles of x-ray production, (ii) x-ray interactions and data capture/conversion, (iii) acquisition/creation of the CT image, and (iv) operational details of a modern multislice CT scanner integrated with a PET scanner. Advances in PET technology have lead to widespread applications in diagnostic imaging and oncologic staging of disease. Combined PET/CT scanners provide the high-resolution anatomic imaging capability of CT with the metabolic and physiologic information by PET, to offer a significant increase in information content useful for the diagnostician and radiation oncologist, neurosurgeon, or other physician needing both anatomic detail and knowledge of disease extent. Nuclear medicine technologists at the forefront of PET should therefore have a good understanding of x-ray