A-Level Physics OCR A H556

6.5.2: Diagnostic methods in medicine

#6.5.2a

medical tracers; technetium–99m and fluorine–18

#6.5.2b

gamma camera; components – collimator, scintillator, photomultiplier tubes, computer and display; formation of image

#6.5.2c

diagnosis using gamma camera

#6.5.2d

positron emission tomography (PET) scanner; annihilation of positron–electron pairs; formation of image

#6.5.2e

diagnosis using PET scanning.

6.5.1

Using X-rays

6.5.3

Using ultrasound