Watson Charles C
Siemens Healthcare, 810 Innovation Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37932, USA.
EJNMMI Phys. 2014 Dec;1(1):6. doi: 10.1186/2197-7364-1-6. Epub 2014 Jun 3.
From a technical perspective, there are fundamentally two forces driving the evolution of instrumentation in positron emission tomography (PET) and nuclear medicine generally: clinical needs and technical innovation. This essay considers some of the dynamics of these forces as they act on physics-related developments in PET and suggests that progress will be greatest if these differing motivations are kept in balance as the field evolves.
从技术角度来看,根本上有两种力量推动着正电子发射断层扫描(PET)及一般核医学仪器设备的发展:临床需求和技术创新。本文探讨了这些力量在PET与物理相关发展方面所产生的一些动态影响,并指出,随着该领域的发展,如果能在这些不同的动机之间保持平衡,取得的进展将会最大。