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Molecular imaging · PT / EN
Inside PET/CT
Explore how radiotracers, photon coincidence, reconstruction and CT attenuation correction produce a map of tracer distribution.
Open interactive laboratory →What you will explore
- Radioactive decay and positron annihilation.
- Coincidence detection, sinograms and filtered back-projection.
- Time of flight and CT attenuation correction.
- SUV calculation and interpretation limits.
Before you start
This resource uses a simplified 2D model and synthetic data. It does not reproduce a clinical reconstruction, validate a scanner or provide diagnostic thresholds. FDG illustrates glucose uptake; other PET tracers investigate different targets.
Sources and context
IAEA, Quality Assurance for PET and PET/CT Systems · EANM, FDG PET/CT procedure guidelines.