Detector advance could lead to cheaper, easier medical scans

https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/detector-advance-could-lead-cheaper-easier-medical-scans

"no after-the-fact [image] reconstruction is needed... Images can also be created more quickly... potentially even in real time... potential to create higher quality images using a lower radiation dose... PET scans are currently expensive and are technically limited in some ways... This new discovery involves a compact equipment setup and could lead to inexpensive, easy and accurate scans of the human body [for the type of scans that use] radioactive isotopes"