Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 3
Saturday–Tuesday, April 13–16, 2019; Denver, Colorado
Session H02: New Detectors for Medical Imaging: Translating Discoveries from Nuclear and Particle Physics to Medicine
10:45 AM–12:21 PM,
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Sheraton
Room: Plaza D
Sponsoring
Unit:
GMED
Chair: Peter Krizan, Ljubljana University and J. Stefan Institute
Abstract: H02.00002 : Compact and Handheld Radioisotope Imaging Systems for Bio-medicine*
11:09 AM–11:33 AM
Presenter:
Andrew Weisenberger
(Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
Author:
Andrew Weisenberger
(Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is a U.S. Department of Energy federally funded research and development center whose mission is to study quark gluon physics. The laboratory capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to explore ways of applying nuclear physics principles and technologies to societal needs. The Radiation Detector and Imaging Group, in collaboration with universities, industry and other government laboratories, has for several years been applying advances in nuclear physics detector technology to several applications, particularly in the development of compact and handheld nuclear imaging systems. I will provide a brief overview of Jefferson Lab and provide examples of how the group has leveraged nuclear physics to bring advances to nuclear medicine, medical research and plant biology. The group continues to develop medical devices based on both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET), making use of technology originally developed for basic nuclear physics research.
*Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177.
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