Cyclotron beams can be used to bombard other atoms to produce short-lived positron-emitting isotopes suitable for PET imaging.

Labelling Ro15-4513 with carbon-11 leads to the possibility of its use in PET imaging of the brain.

The on-site cyclotron lets the Institute produce many of its own medical isotopes, particularly for PET imaging.

Their innovations, including the use of light pipes and volumetric analysis, have been important in the deployment of PET imaging.

PET imaging is best performed using a dedicated PET scanner.

However, because the study used only six subjects with autism, and because the spatial resolution of PET imaging is relatively poor, these results should be considered preliminary.

Using PET imaging, the researchers were able to measure opioid release in the brain before and immediately after the study participants drank the same amount of alcohol.

The requirements to perform Cardiac PET imaging include:

PET imaging does have many advantages though.

A cyclotron that will supply mid-Missouri with isotopes for PET imaging and support additional research, development, and clinical trials has been installed.