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Title: | Status of the Positron Emission Tomography Centre at the Austin Hospital. | Austin Authors: | Egan, Gary F | Affiliation: | PET Centre, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg. | Issue Date: | 1-Mar-1991 | Publication information: | Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine / Supported By the Australasian College of Physical Scientists in Medicine and the Australasian Association of Physical Sciences in Medicine; 14(1): 42-7 | Abstract: | A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Centre is currently being established at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne. The Centre has recently purchased a Siemens Model 951/31 PET scanner and an Ion Beam Applications (IBA) Model 10/5 cyclotron with associated targetry and automated radiochemistry modules. The initial areas of clinical investigation at the Austin Hospital will be heart and brain studies using 18Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and 13Nitrogen-ammonia (13NH3). The heart studies will concentrate on determining myocardial viability in patients following infarction whilst studies of epileptic patients will involve determination of the epileptic focus in the brain. A description of the major technical instrumentation is given together with an overview of the radiopharmaceutical production processes and the initial program of clinical investigations to be undertaken. | Gov't Doc #: | 2029241 | URI: | http://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10984 | Journal: | Australasian physical & engineering sciences in medicine / supported by the Australasian College of Physical Scientists in Medicine and the Australasian Association of Physical Sciences in Medicine | URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2029241 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | Australia Brain.radionuclide imaging Epilepsy.radionuclide imaging Fluorine Radioisotopes.diagnostic use Forecasting Heart.radionuclide imaging Hospitals, Municipal Nitrogen Radioisotopes.diagnostic use Particle Accelerators.instrumentation Radiochemistry Software Tomography, Emission-Computed.instrumentation |
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