A charged elementary particle of an atom; the term is most commonly used in reference to the negatively charged particle called a negatron. Its mass at rest is me = 9.109558 x 10-31 kg, its charge is 1.6021917 x 10-19 C, and its spin quantum number...

Metabolic imaging refers to the visualization and quantification of metabolic processes within living organisms, tissues, or...

A synchrotron is a type of particle accelerator that uses magnetic fields to steer charged particles, typically electrons or...

A scintillation detector is a radiation detection device that utilizes scintillation crystals to detect and measure ionizing...

The high-speed electrons and positrons emitted by radioactive materials.

A medical imaging device that uses a ring of crystal/photomultiplier tube assemblies encircling the patient to detect gamma...

A technique that combines two or more imaging processes in order to minimize the disadvantages within each of the...

Basically, a hydrogen atom with two alterations, positronium is the lightest atom in the universe and has an extremely light...

Gamma ray radiation released when matter and antimatter, such as electron and positron, unite and eliminate each other,...

A scintillation crystal, also known simply as a scintillator, is a material that emits light when it interacts with ionizing...

The production of a positron-electron pair by a photon having energy greater than one mega-electron-volt, whereby some of...

Volumetric imaging refers to the capture, visualization, and analysis of three-dimensional (3D) information from a volume of...