Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner is the state-of-the-art medical imaging system, capable of providing detailed functional information of physiological processes inside the human body. PET represents a beautiful example of integration of skills and competences from medicine, nuclear chemistry, physics and information technology. The SP5700 – EasyPET, sketched in the table, opens the possibility of teaching by doing the basics behind PET imaging, which is certainly an asset to high-level educational laboratories.

The experiments proposed in this section are performed by using the CAEN portable didactic PET system, developed by University of Aveiro (PT).