A Generational Thing
Introduced slip ring technology to CT scanners.
What are fourth generation CT scanners?
Carbon fiber
What is a CT table / couch made of?
Table movement during one 360 degree rotation
What is pitch?
You can measure how much I've changed since we met.
What is a becquerel?
I can go as low as 80 or as high as 140
What is the kVp range for CT scanners?
320 slices / rows
What is the highest number or detector rows in a CT scanner?
Technetium99m
What is the most commonly used radioisotope in Nuclear Medicine?
Sets the desired slice thickness or beam width
What is the pre-patient collimator?
You might know me from such hits as "Half-life", "Radioactive", and "Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time"
What is radioactive decay?
You can find me if a table increment of 10 mm is hanging out above a 5 mm beam.
What is a pitch of 2?
Developed exclusively for cardiac imaging.
What is electron beam computed tomography?
Graphite Backing
What anode material can absorb up to 10 X more heat?
Allows detectors to be combined together or divided into smaller sections
What are detector channels?
All the "stars" are being photographed by this paparazzi legend.
What is an Anger camera?
I mean , if we're comparing, I'm 25 cm at my best.
What is the scan field-of-view for a head scan?
Cone beam
What beam geometry do multi-slice helical CT scanners use?
Xenon gas
What is used in gas ionization chamber detectors?
I describe the size of the collimation in a multi-slice helical scan.
What is beam width?
I've got a sweet tooth for 18F-FDG and I'm not ashamed to admit.
What is cancer?
My measurements are 0.6 mm x 0.6 mm x 0.6 mm.
What is the smallest isotropic voxel?
Has two sets of x-ray tubes and detectors
What are Dual Source CT scanners?
Bismuth
What material is used for CT shielding?
We make it easier to see smaller details.
What are thinner slices?
All my friends like to hang out in the cool hot spots.
What are radiopharmaceuticals or radioisotopes?
If you're going to turn me on, you could at least tilt me first.
What is axial or sequential scanning?