Whole-Body PET Scanner (VIDEO)

University of California - Davis

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A UC Davis team plans to build the world's first full-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner with a $15.5 million grant from the NIH. This animation illustrates the basic design concept of the "EXPLORER" machine.

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UC Davis

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