TVD 2017

Positron flight in tissues

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

p + : max 3,35 MeV

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