Detectors for medical radioisotope imaging: demands and perspectives

Radioisotope imaging is used to obtain information on biochemical processes in living organisms, being a tool of increasing importance for medical diagnosis. The improvement and expansion of these techniques depend on the progress attained in several areas, such as radionuclide production, radiopharmaceuticals, radiation detectors and image reconstruction algorithms. This review paper will be concerned only with the detector technology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVT-4CP680G-1/1/4fc260df1037b7b471dbcc77052dcca