Those that drink or smoke with the boss know that everyone's "roles" get dropped for just a little while. This tends to have a very humanizing effect. Even if you make a little bit of an ass of yourself, your boss is more likely to see you as a person instead of just an employee. This comes in handy when you fuck-up, come in late, miss a dead-line, etc. Everyone knows that people make mistakes and now your boss knows you're a people...
Oh, close. "A" for effort. 82-Rb is the correct answer. 82-Sr is the parent isotope from which the 82-Rb is milked. But you were correct about cardiac PET scans...
Actually, the scanners themselves are relativly portable. Mobile PET and PET/CT is a thriving market all over the United States and has been for a number of years. Check out Alliance Imaging's website, (google it). GE and Siemens both make mobile PET/CT now.
OK class: Can anyone tell me the only positron-emmiting isotope used in medical PET scans isn't created in a cyclotron?
Bonus: What type of PET imaging is it used for?
Am I missing something here? Is he talking about making F-18 portably? Didn't the article say the unit would be room-sized...like say a cyclotron, already used to make F-18? Also, you don't make F-18 using positrons. F-18 gives off positrons.
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Those that drink or smoke with the boss know that everyone's "roles" get dropped for just a little while. This tends to have a very humanizing effect. Even if you make a little bit of an ass of yourself, your boss is more likely to see you as a person instead of just an employee. This comes in handy when you fuck-up, come in late, miss a dead-line, etc. Everyone knows that people make mistakes and now your boss knows you're a people...
Oh, close. "A" for effort. 82-Rb is the correct answer. 82-Sr is the parent isotope from which the 82-Rb is milked. But you were correct about cardiac PET scans...
Portable: 1 a : capable of being carried or MOVED ABOUT.
Actually, the scanners themselves are relativly portable. Mobile PET and PET/CT is a thriving market all over the United States and has been for a number of years. Check out Alliance Imaging's website, (google it). GE and Siemens both make mobile PET/CT now. OK class: Can anyone tell me the only positron-emmiting isotope used in medical PET scans isn't created in a cyclotron? Bonus: What type of PET imaging is it used for?
Am I missing something here? Is he talking about making F-18 portably? Didn't the article say the unit would be room-sized...like say a cyclotron, already used to make F-18? Also, you don't make F-18 using positrons. F-18 gives off positrons.