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Positron flight in tissues

Monte Carlo-calculated

distribution of annihilation

events around a positron point

source embedded in different

human tissues as seen in the

image plane of a PET camera

Positron flight in human tissues and its influence on PET image spatial resolution

Alejandro Sanchez-Crespo, Pedro Andreo, Stig A. Larsson. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2004) 31:44–51

p

+

: max 0,63MeV, mean 0,25 MeV

p

+

: max 3,35 MeV