Nuclear Physics and Medical Imaging Greg Mitchell [email protected] Department of Biomedical Engineering In Vivo Biomedical Imaging Anatomic! Physiologic! Metabolic! Molecular! ultrasound x-ray CT! MRI! PET/SPECT! optical imaging! 1   Probing Tissue with Radiation c = #" Wavelength (m) E = h" = hc /# Frequency (Hz) ! MRI Optical X-ray/CT Nuclear WHAT IS NUCLEAR IMAGING? 2   NUCLEAR IMAGING •  Imaging the distribution of radioactively tagged substances that are introduced into a living subject •  The radiolabeled agents that are injected are called –  Radiotracers (or just tracers for short) –  Radiopharmaceuticals –  Probes BRIEF HISTORY 3   1896: DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY HENRI BECQUEREL - NOBEL PRIZE 1903 (IMAGING!)   1923: FIRST USE OF RADIOACTIVE TRACER GEORG DE HEVESY - NOBEL PRIZE 1943 1923:  212Pb  to  study  absorp3on  and  transloca3on  of  lead  nitrate  in  bean  plants   1935:  32P  -­‐  first  use  of  ar3ficially  produced  radioisotopes   1942:  in  vitro  labeling  of  red  blood  cells   4   1930’s: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CYCLOTRON ERNEST O ...

The Quest for Superheavy Elements W. Loveland Oregon State University The “menu” • Why are heavy elements important? » -General » -Chemistry • The evolution of the Periodic Table • Central Issues – How do you make new heavy nuclei? » General » Detailed – How do you do chemistry on short-lived rare species? • The Way Forward – Synthesis of new heavy nuclei – New/Old Ways to do Chemistry Importance of Heavy Element Research • A laboratory to study nuclear structure and dynamics under the influence of large Coulomb forces • High profile research • Results deal with fundamental principles of chemistry and physics Spectacular Advances of the Past Fifteen Years • Discovery of elements 110,111,112, 113,114,116 • Synthesis of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 by “hot fusion” reactions • First chemistry of elements 106-114   The philosophy of the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements • The Periodic Table is NOT a list of chemical elements in order of their atomic numbers ...

REFERENCE H. D. SMYTH, ATOMIC ENERGY FOR MILITARY PURPOSES (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, 1945), PP.98,143. 19 Atomic Energy for Military Purposes The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspwes of the United States Government, 1940-l 945 By HENRY DEWOLF SMITH CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT PRINCETON CONSULTANT, OF PHYSICS UNIVERSITY MANHATT ...

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PNL-SA-4868 Rev. 5 ANOMALIES OF NUCLEAR CRITICALIN E. 0. Clayton June 1979 Pacific Northwest Laboratory Richland, Washington 99352 Rev. # 5 June, 1979 ANOMALIES OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY E. D. Clayton CONTENTS Page i LIST OF FIGURES iv LIST OF TABLES V ABSTRACT A. INTRODUCTION 1 B. CONCEPTSAND COMPLEXITY OF CRITICALITY 1 1 ...