YPPDO/NPA Seminar: David Mankoff, University of Pennsylvania, “Nuclear Physics Applied to Medicine: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) as a Biomarker for Targeted Cancer Therapy”

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a radioisotope medical imaging method that uses positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. PET has its earliest roots in applied nuclear physics and instrumentation, introduced as a research tool over 40 years ago. The use of PET for clinical imaging and translational research has expanded considerably since its introduction into widespread clinical practice since the mid-1990’s. This talk will review the underlying principles of PET, emphasizing instrumentation, and highlight PET’s current use translational research and clinical practice, focusing on applications to cancer.

Lunch: Join us for a lunch discussion focused on professional development in medical physics before the talk at 11:45am.