This activity allows students to explore medical imaging technology through an interactive simulation, experimenting with settings like radiotracers and collimators to understand how they impact image quality and lesion detection.
This resource can be used alongside the Gamma Anna Adventure.
Grade Levels: 9-12
Standard:
NGSS: HS-PS4-5 HS-ETS1-2
Related: HS-LS1-3
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Medicine, Data Science
Contributor: Alex Messina, St. Charles High School
Acknowledgements: The contents of this curriculum were co-developed with Dr. Abhinav K. Jha at McKelvey School of Engineering at WashU and funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (CAREER: Developing a list-mode imaging paradigm, ECCS-2239707). These contents do not necessarily represent the policies of the National Science Foundation, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.