Major PET Equipment and Radiopharmacy Manufacturers

Introduces vendors such as Siemens Healthineers, GE HealthCare, Philips, Canon Medical Systems, and radiopharmacy suppliers and explains product categories including PET/CT, PET/MR, dedicated PET scanners, cyclotrons, and automated synthesis modules.

Reading Vendor Specifications

Guide to interpreting vendor specifications: detector type, energy and timing resolution (TOF), sensitivity, reconstruction options, and radiopharmacy module capabilities and how these features affect clinical capability and quantitative accuracy.

Learning Vendor Systems

Practical advice for learning vendor consoles and radiopharmacy software: complete vendor training, maintain a log of system presets and synthesis recipes, and create quick reference cards for common protocols and troubleshooting steps.