Not Schrödinger's Cat (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Not Schrödinger's Cat

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NIST has developed a technique to calibrate the 'phantoms' that provide a daily benchmark for PET scanner sensitivity. The resulting phantoms will be the first ones commercially available for PET that can trace calibration directly to NIST standards.

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Bergeron/NIST

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