Medical, high-energy physicists collaborate to improve PET scans

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Photograph taken through a microscope of a microchip measuring 650 microns across. Such chips are designed by engineers and students working in the University of Chicagos Electronics Design Group using sophisticated software tools. Credit: Image cour ...
Photograph taken through a microscope of a microchip measuring 650 microns across. Such chips are designed by engineers and students working in the University of Chicago's Electronics Design Group using sophisticated software tools. Credit: Image courtesy of the Electronics Design Group, University of Chicago

Physicists are developing new electronics for identifying subatomic particles in high-energy accelerators that may also enable radiologists to detect cancer at an earlier, more curable stage.


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