72 / 1196
PET chronology
•
1930’s radioactive tracers
•
1953/66 multidetector device
•
1975 back projection method for PET
•
1979 fluorine 18 deoxy glucose (FDG)
•
2000 PET/CT “medical invention of the year”
Wagner et al. 1998
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72 / 1196
72 / 1196
PET chronology
•
1930’s radioactive tracers
•
1953/66 multidetector device
•
1975 back projection method for PET
•
1979 fluorine 18 deoxy glucose (FDG)
•
2000 PET/CT “medical invention of the year”
Wagner et al. 1998