Nuclear Physics Division

Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe

« Innovation for detection systems • superconducting magnet physics and technology

Development of innovative detectors for Positron Emission Tomography

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful nuclear imaging technique used widely nowadays in oncology, cardiology and neuropsychiatry. The PET technology consists in injecting the patient with a radioactive tracer, of interest to probe a biochemical process. The decay of the tracer emits a positron which annihilate with an electron.