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GOPIKRISHNA.J- 08NMS014
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Because of the high metabolic activity of malignant cells, PET imaging with the
glucose analog 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG) has become a very promising test for the
detection of primary tumors and metastatic lesions.
The highly sensitive PET scan detects the metabolic signal of actively growing
cancer cells in the body and the CT scan provides a detailed picture of the internal
anatomy that reveals the location, size and shape of abnormal cancerous growths PET
images begin with an injection of FDG an analog of glucose that is tagged to the
radionuclide F18. Metabolically active organs or tumors consume sugar at high rates, and
as the tagged sugar starts to decay, it emits positrons. These positrons then collide with
electrons, giving off gamma rays, and a computer converts the gamma rays into images.
These images indicate metabolic "hot spots," often indicating rapidly growing tumors
because cancerous cells generally consume more sugar/energy than other organs or
tumors2.
Nanoplatform for the targeted delivery of Radioprobes and tumor therapy
Collimators are the slits used to reduce noise by preventing the scattered gamma
rays from hitting the detectors. A metanalysis of deferent kinds of collimators done by a
group of scientists in University of Utah, have demonstrated the
importance of size dependence of collimators over its performance.
Hence nanolithography certainly have a great role to play in the
development of collimators like devises.6. The study found that the
ratios of singles to trues were decreasing with a decrease in the
collimator thickness and with an increase in collimator length. Hence
long nanobars can be an ideal choice for these collimators.
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