A-Level Physics Specification

OCR A H556

Section 6.5.2: Diagnostic methods in medicine

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#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.