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  • La naissance de l'actinomètre électrochimique d'Edmond Becquerel
    Cahiers d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences, 2006
    Co-Authors: Jérôme Fatet
    Abstract:

    Construire un appareil destiné à comprendre un phénomène, et à en expliquer les mécanismes, implique de faire des choix théoriques importants, mais aussi de mobiliser des connaissances et des compétences particulières, d’un point de vue aussi bien scientifique que technique. Le travail d’Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891), lors de la genèse de l’actinomètre électrochimique, peut en être une illustration. Cet instrument, destiné à l’analyse de la lumière et des phénomènes qu’elle produit sur la matière, utilise des principes directement inspirés d’une toute nouvelle technique : la photographie. Son mode de fonctionnement, et les résultats qu’il offre en sont pourtant très éloignés. Nous essayerons, dans cette communication, par l’analyse du cheminement qui a conduit Edmond Becquerel à la construction de l’actinomètre électrochimique, de mettre en évidence différents aspects sans lesquels son instrument n’aurait pu voir le jour. Nous étudierons d’abord les choix théoriques nécessaires du point de vue de la nature de la lumière et des fondements de l’électrochimie, pour imaginer ce type d’appareil. Nous verrons aussi l’impact des débats théoriques de l’époque sur l’évolution de celui-ci, à travers la controverse qui l’oppose au physicien Jean-Baptiste Biot. Nous nous intéresserons ensuite aux compétences techniques particulières, en daguerréotypie et en électricité qu’Edmond Becquerel a mobilisé pour parvenir à construire un instrument lui permettant d’analyser la nature du rayonnement lumineux. Au moyen des courants électriques produits par une substance photosensible sous l’effet du rayonnement solaire, il parvient à tirer des conclusions sur la continuité du spectre lumineux au-delà du violet.

  • la naissance de l actinometre electrochimique d edmond Becquerel
    Cahiers d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences, 2006
    Co-Authors: Jérôme Fatet
    Abstract:

    Construire un appareil destine a comprendre un phenomene, et a en expliquer les mecanismes, implique de faire des choix theoriques importants, mais aussi de mobiliser des connaissances et des competences particulieres, d’un point de vue aussi bien scientifique que technique. Le travail d’Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891), lors de la genese de l’actinometre electrochimique, peut en etre une illustration. Cet instrument, destine a l’analyse de la lumiere et des phenomenes qu’elle produit sur la matiere, utilise des principes directement inspires d’une toute nouvelle technique : la photographie. Son mode de fonctionnement, et les resultats qu’il offre en sont pourtant tres eloignes. Nous essayerons, dans cette communication, par l’analyse du cheminement qui a conduit Edmond Becquerel a la construction de l’actinometre electrochimique, de mettre en evidence differents aspects sans lesquels son instrument n’aurait pu voir le jour. Nous etudierons d’abord les choix theoriques necessaires du point de vue de la nature de la lumiere et des fondements de l’electrochimie, pour imaginer ce type d’appareil. Nous verrons aussi l’impact des debats theoriques de l’epoque sur l’evolution de celui-ci, a travers la controverse qui l’oppose au physicien Jean-Baptiste Biot. Nous nous interesserons ensuite aux competences techniques particulieres, en daguerreotypie et en electricite qu’Edmond Becquerel a mobilise pour parvenir a construire un instrument lui permettant d’analyser la nature du rayonnement lumineux. Au moyen des courants electriques produits par une substance photosensible sous l’effet du rayonnement solaire, il parvient a tirer des conclusions sur la continuite du spectre lumineux au-dela du violet.

  • Les recherches d'Edmond Becquerel sur la nature de la lumière entre 1839 et 1843, histoire d'une interaction réussie entre science et photographie
    2005
    Co-Authors: Jérôme Fatet
    Abstract:

    Si l'invention de la photographie relève tout d'abord du domaine de la technique, la communauté scientifique s'y intéresse très rapidement. Tout d'abord utilisés dans leur fonction initiale, l'obtention d'image, ses procédés se sont peu à peu adaptés aux besoins de la recherche. Le physicien Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891) est seulement âgé de 18 ans en 1839, quand les principes de la photographie sont publiés en France. Il s'y intéresse immédiatement. Comme photographe il réalise des vues de Paris, en tant que physicien il utilise les procédés chimiques de cette nouvelle technologie pour ses recherches. Dans cette thèse, nous analysons ce transfert de compétences de la communauté des techniciens vers la communauté scientifique, en étudiant la construction par Edmond Becquerel d'un instrument, qu'il nomme actinomètre électrochimique, utilisant les procédés chimiques de la photographie, mais sans obtention d'image, pour l'analyse du spectre solaire. Avec cet instrument, Edmond Becquerel obtient des résultats qu'il considère comme la preuve que les rayons " au-delà du violet " sont de la lumière. Notre exploration de la naissance de cet instrument est basée, tout d'abord, sur l'analyse des descriptions, dans plusieurs communications à l'Académie des sciences, de trois appareils successifs, construits par Edmond Becquerel, qui le conduisent à l'invention de l'actinomètre électrochimique. Nous utilisons de plus les informations que nous avons pu collecter lors des réplications que nous avons réalisées de ces instruments, et des expériences qu'Edmond Becquerel mène avec ceux-ci. Nous étudions comment un instrument à été inventé, construit et transformé par Edmond Becquerel entre 1839 et 1843. Nous analysons aussi quels paramètres ont influencés cette évolution. Nous étudions particulièrement l'influence d'une controverse engendrée par ces inventions, entre Edmond Becquerel et Jean Baptiste Biot. Cette controverse semble essentiellement basée sur des désaccords expérimentaux, mais Biot est connu pour sa défense indéfectible de la théorie corpusculaire de la lumière. Ceci nous conduit à étudier si des considérations théoriques concernant la nature de la lumière influencent les recherches de Becquerel

  • les recherches d edmond Becquerel sur la nature de la lumiere entre 1839 et 1843 histoire d une interaction reussie entre science et photographie
    2005
    Co-Authors: Jérôme Fatet
    Abstract:

    Si l'invention de la photographie releve tout d'abord du domaine de la technique, la communaute scientifique s'y interesse tres rapidement. Tout d'abord utilises dans leur fonction initiale, l'obtention d'image, ses procedes se sont peu a peu adaptes aux besoins de la recherche. Le physicien Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891) est seulement âge de 18 ans en 1839, quand les principes de la photographie sont publies en France. Il s'y interesse immediatement. Comme photographe il realise des vues de Paris, en tant que physicien il utilise les procedes chimiques de cette nouvelle technologie pour ses recherches. Dans cette these, nous analysons ce transfert de competences de la communaute des techniciens vers la communaute scientifique, en etudiant la construction par Edmond Becquerel d'un instrument, qu'il nomme actinometre electrochimique, utilisant les procedes chimiques de la photographie, mais sans obtention d'image, pour l'analyse du spectre solaire. Avec cet instrument, Edmond Becquerel obtient des resultats qu'il considere comme la preuve que les rayons " au-dela du violet " sont de la lumiere. Notre exploration de la naissance de cet instrument est basee, tout d'abord, sur l'analyse des descriptions, dans plusieurs communications a l'Academie des sciences, de trois appareils successifs, construits par Edmond Becquerel, qui le conduisent a l'invention de l'actinometre electrochimique. Nous utilisons de plus les informations que nous avons pu collecter lors des replications que nous avons realisees de ces instruments, et des experiences qu'Edmond Becquerel mene avec ceux-ci. Nous etudions comment un instrument a ete invente, construit et transforme par Edmond Becquerel entre 1839 et 1843. Nous analysons aussi quels parametres ont influences cette evolution. Nous etudions particulierement l'influence d'une controverse engendree par ces inventions, entre Edmond Becquerel et Jean Baptiste Biot. Cette controverse semble essentiellement basee sur des desaccords experimentaux, mais Biot est connu pour sa defense indefectible de la theorie corpusculaire de la lumiere. Ceci nous conduit a etudier si des considerations theoriques concernant la nature de la lumiere influencent les recherches de Becquerel

  • recreating edmond Becquerel s electrochemical actinometer
    Archives Des Sciences, 2005
    Co-Authors: Jérôme Fatet
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    This article reports on the replication of a series of experiments carried out by Edmond Becquerel with the help of his electrochemical actinometer. We focus principally on the difficulties that were met and the problems that had to be solved. They provide an important source of information on the conception and specifications of Becquerel’s instruments and make explicit some underlying links between Becquerel’s different research works.

Roberto Andrade Martins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Henri Becquerel and Radioactivity: A Critical Revision
    Brazilian Studies in Philosophy and History of Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Roberto Andrade Martins
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    In his early papers, Becquerel interpreted the emission of penetrating radiation by uranium and its compounds as a type of invisible phosphorescence, with emission of some kind of electromagnetic radiation. He devised experiments that seemed to confirm his interpretation and that were later disconfirmed by other researchers. This paper analyses the early history of radioactivity, paying special attention to Becquerel’s mistakes and to the attitude of other scientists to his work.

  • HIPÓTESES E INTERPRETAÇÃO EXPERIMENTAL: A CONJETURA DE POINCARÉ E A DESCOBERTA DA HIPERFOSFORESCÊNCIA POR Becquerel E THOMPSON Hypothesis and experimental interpretation: Poincaré's conjecture and the discovery of hyperphosphorescence by Becquerel an
    2004
    Co-Authors: Roberto Andrade Martins
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    Resumo: Este trabalho descreve as pesquisas realizadas por Henri Becquerel e por Silvanus Thompson, em 1897, que sao normalmente descritas como representando a descoberta da radioatividade. No entanto, o estudo historico detalhado desse episodio mostra que os pesquisadores em questao tinham uma interpretacao sobre os fenomenos que estudaram muito diferente da atual. Sua interpretacao, segundo a qual haviam descoberto a “hiperfosforescencia”, baseava-se nos pressupostos que guiaram seus experimentos ‐ como a conjetura de Henri Poincare, de que havia uma relacao entre a emissao de raios X em um tubo de Crookes e a luminescencia do vidro. Este estudo de caso mostra como a observacao cientifica e guiada por ideias pre-existentes, e quao dificil e interpretar os fenomenos observados. Este exemplo historico pode ser utilizado no ensino, para apresentar uma visao mais adequada do que a ordinaria, a respeito do proprio processo de pesquisa experimental. Unitermos: Becquerel, Henri; Thompson, Silvanus; Poincare, Henri; radioatividade; Historia da Fisica; metodo experimental; Ensino de Ciencias

  • Becquerel and the choice of uranium compounds
    Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 1997
    Co-Authors: Roberto Andrade Martins
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    The common assumption that Becquerel had no special reason to study uranium compounds in his search for substances emitting penetrating radiation cannot explain (a) Becquerel 's own accounts, which refer to his choice as due to “the peculiar harmonic series of bands”; (b) Becquerel 's systematic test of all uranium compounds (and metallic uranium), in contrast to his neglect of other substances; and (c) Becquerel 's belief in invisible phosphorescence as an explanation of the radiation emitted by uranium compounds, even after his discovery that non-luminescent and metallic uranium also emit penetrating radiation. By comparing Becquerel 's older studies of uranium to his radioactivity research, this paper has presented a reconstruction that can explain all of these points above. According to the historical evidence presented here, it is likely that Becquerel concentrated his attention on uranium and its compounds because the mechanical theory of luminescence opened up the possibility that, precisely in the case of uranium and its compounds, a violation of Stokes 's law could occur, and penetrating short-wavelength radiation could be emitted through a special type of phosphorescence.

  • Becquerel and the choice of uranium compounds
    Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 1997
    Co-Authors: Roberto Andrade Martins
    Abstract:

    The common assumption that Becquerel had no special reason to study uranium compounds in his search for substances emitting penetrating radiation cannot explain (a) Becquerel's own accounts, which refer to his choice as due to “the peculiar harmonic series of bands”; (b) Becquerel's systematic test of all uranium compounds (and metallic uranium), in contrast to his neglect of other substances; and (c) Becquerel's belief in invisible phosphorescence as an explanation of the radiation emitted by uranium compounds, even after his discovery that non-luminescent and metallic uranium also emit penetrating radiation.

  • Becquerel and the Choice of Uranium
    1997
    Co-Authors: Roberto Andrade Martins, R. H. Stuewer
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    HENRI Becquerel'S early researches on the radiation emitted by uranium compounds were part of a collective attempt to check HENRI POINCARI~'S conjecture concerning the relationship between X rays and luminescence (JAUNCEY 1946; BADASH 1965b; MARTINS 1996a). He was neither the first nor the last to search for penetrating radiations emitted by luminescent bodies. Becquerel'S early results were similar to those obtained by CHARLES HENRY and GASTON HENRI NIEWENGLOWSKI. There was, however, a new (and lucky) feature in Becquerel'S early papers: the use of a new substance the double sulphate of uranium and potassium. Becquerel'S choice of uranium compounds for investigation usually has been ascribed to chance: "He placed photographic plates wrapped in thick black paper against a luminescent material he had on hand, potassium uranylsulphate (a uranium salt) and exposed the assembly to sunlight for several h o u r s . . . " (WAssON 1987, 70). But was Becquerel'S choice of uranium compounds due to chance? Did Becquerel randomly choose any luminescent substance "he had on hand" in his laboratory to test POINCARI~'S conjecture? The answer is "no". Becquerel had in his laboratory dozens of luminescent substances, but he consciously chose uranium compounds. He was guided by his previous knowledge of luminescent substances: uranium compounds had some peculiar properties that led him to believe the emission of penetrating radiation was to be expected in their case. In this paper I propose a reconstruction of Becquerel'S thought that elucidates this and several other aspects of his research.

Jean Pascal Simonin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a partir de contributions d antoine cesar Becquerel 1853 1865 une etude econometrique du marche du ble en france de 1815 a 1863
    Economies et sociétés, 2011
    Co-Authors: Philippe Compaire, Jean Pascal Simonin
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    Dans deux Memoires publies en 1853 et 1865, A.-C. Becquerel a etudie le marche du ble en France en en degageant les evolutions de long terme et en analysant les fluctuations de la recolte et du prix. L'article presente d'abord ces travaux novateurs en les situant par rapport aux recherches de leur epoque et en en montrant les insuffisances. Les donnees statistiques rassemblees par Becquerel sont ensuite traitees a l'aide de differentes techniques econometriques, modele a correction d'erreurs, modele VAR, analyse spectrale. Si les deux dernieres techniques montrent peu de liaisons entre les evolutions des differentes variables, le modele a correction d'erreurs montre que l'on peut expliquer les variations du prix du ble a partir des variations de la superficie ensemencee en ble et du rendement en ble a l'hectare, ce qui rejoint les explications en termes de cycles de recoltes proposees par de nombreux economistes et agronomes au XIX e siecle.

  • À partir de contributions d'Antoine-César Becquerel (1853-1865), une étude économétrique du marché du blé en France de 1815 à 1863
    Economies et Sociétés (Paris), 2011
    Co-Authors: Philippe Compaire, Jean Pascal Simonin
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    Dans deux Mémoires publiés en 1853 et 1865, A.-C. Becquerel a étudié le marché du blé en France en en dégageant les évolutions de long terme et en analysant les fluctuations de la récolte et du prix. L'article présente d'abord ces travaux novateurs en les situant par rapport aux recherches de leur époque et en en montrant les insuffisances. Les données statistiques rassemblées par Becquerel sont ensuite traitées à l'aide de différentes techniques économétriques, modèle à correction d'erreurs, modèle VAR, analyse spectrale. Si les deux dernières techniques montrent peu de liaisons entre les évolutions des différentes variables, le modèle à correction d'erreurs montre que l'on peut expliquer les variations du prix du blé à partir des variations de la superficie ensemencée en blé et du rendement en blé à l'hectare, ce qui rejoint les explications en termes de cycles de récoltes proposées par de nombreux économistes et agronomes au XIXe siècle.

  • A partir de contributions d’Antoine-César Becquerel (1853,1865), une étude économétrique du marché du blé en France de 1815 à 1863
    2010
    Co-Authors: Philippe Compaire, Jean Pascal Simonin
    Abstract:

    Dans deux Memoires publies en 1853 et 1865, A.-C. Becquerel a etudie le marche du ble en France en en degageant les evolutions de long terme et en analysant les fluctuations de la recolte et du prix. L'article presente d'abord ces travaux novateurs en les situant par rapport aux recherches de leur epoque et en en montrant les insuffisances. Les donnees statistiques rassemblees par Becquerel sont ensuite traitees a l'aide de differentes techniques econometriques, modele a correction d'erreurs, modele VAR, analyse spectrale. Si les deux dernieres techniques montrent peu de liaisons entre les evolutions des differentes variables, le modele a correction d'erreurs montre que l'on peut expliquer les variations du prix du ble a partir des variations de la superficie ensemencee en ble et du rendement en ble a l'hectare, ce qui rejoint les explications en termes de cycles de recoltes proposees par de nombreux economistes et agronomes au XIX e siecle.

Bernard Valeur - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Methods for the analysis of complex fluorescence decays: sum of Becquerel functions versus sum of exponentials.
    Methods and applications in fluorescence, 2013
    Co-Authors: Filipe Menezes, Bernard Valeur, Alexander Fedorov, Carlos Baleizão, Mário N. Berberan-santos
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    Ensemble fluorescence decays are usually analyzed with a sum of exponentials. However, broad continuous distributions of lifetimes, either unimodal or multimodal, occur in many situations. A simple and flexible fitting function for these cases that encompasses the exponential is the Becquerel function. In this work, the applicability of the Becquerel function for the analysis of complex decays of several kinds is tested. For this purpose, decays of mixtures of four different fluorescence standards (binary, ternary and quaternary mixtures) are measured and analyzed. For binary and ternary mixtures, the expected sum of narrow distributions is well recovered from the Becquerel functions analysis, if the correct number of components is used. For ternary mixtures, however, satisfactory fits are also obtained with a number of Becquerel functions smaller than the true number of fluorophores in the mixture, at the expense of broadening the lifetime distributions of the fictitious components. The quaternary mixture studied is well fitted with both a sum of three exponentials and a sum of two Becquerel functions, showing the inevitable loss of information when the number of components is large. Decays of a fluorophore in a heterogeneous environment, known to be represented by unimodal and broad continuous distributions (as previously obtained by the maximum entropy method), are also measured and analyzed. It is concluded that these distributions can be recovered by the Becquerel function method with an accuracy similar to that of the much more complex maximum entropy method. It is also shown that the polar (or phasor) plot is not always helpful for ascertaining the degree (and kind) of complexity of a fluorescence decay.

  • a simple function for the description of near exponential decays the stretched or compressed hyperbola
    American Journal of Physics, 2009
    Co-Authors: Lorne A Whitehead, Bernard Valeur, Ryan Whitehead, Mario N Berberansantos
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    The modeling of systems that exhibit near-exponential decay is most commonly done using a sum of exponentials or a stretched exponential. We note some drawbacks of these representations and present an alternative model, the stretched or compressed hyperbola, first described by E. Becquerel in the 1860s. This representation might be more helpful for interpolation, extrapolation, and classification of decays and requires only one additional parameter compared to simple exponential decay.

  • mathematical functions for the analysis of luminescence decays with underlying distributions 2 Becquerel compressed hyperbola and related decay functions
    Chemical Physics, 2005
    Co-Authors: Mario N Berberansantos, E N Bodunov, Bernard Valeur
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    The Becquerel (compressed hyperbola) decay law is analyzed in detail and shown to be an interesting approach for the analysis of complex luminescence decays. A decay function unifying the modified Kohlrausch and Becquerel decay laws is also introduced. It is proposed that the analysis of luminescence decays with a sum of Becquerel functions is a powerful alternative to the usual sum of exponentials. It is also shown that some complex decay laws can be written as a sum of an infinite number of exponentials and have for this reason an infinite but discrete spectrum of rate constants. 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Edward W. Martin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • perioperative 18f fluorodeoxyglucose guided imaging using the Becquerel as a quantitative measure for optimizing surgical resection in patients with advanced malignancy
    American Journal of Surgery, 2009
    Co-Authors: Douglas A Murrey, Eamonn E. Bahnson, Nathan Hall, Stephen P. Povoski, Cathy Mojzisik, Donn C. Young, Suhail Sharif, Morgan A. Johnson, Sherif Abdelmisih, Edward W. Martin
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    BACKGROUND: 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning is a widely accepted preoperative tumor imaging modality. Herein, we evaluate the Becquerel (Bq) as a potential novel quantitative PET measure for application of surgical specimen imaging. METHODS: Retrospectively, PET-avid lesions that could be followed from preoperative imaging, confidently identified in the operating room, imaged ex vivo, and correlated with histopathology were included in this study. Bq counts from both in vivo (preoperative) and ex vivo (surgical specimen) PET/CT images were measured and correlated with histopathology. RESULTS: Fifty-five PET-avid lesions in 37 patients were included. Forty-six of 55 PET-avid lesions identified were found to contain malignancy on histopathology. Mean Bq counts for the PET-avid lesions were significantly higher that the adjacent PET-nonavid areas (background) within both in vivo and ex vivo imaging (P < .001 and P < .001, respectively). When analyzing all 55 lesions, we found significant increases in Bq levels. PET-avid lesions from in vivo to ex vivo images (P < .001) without significant increases in Bq levels in PET-nonavid lesions from in vivo to ex vivo images (P = .06). When comparing Bq levels between the 2 groups (malignant and benign), we found significantly higher Bq counts in the malignant group on in vivo imaging (P = .02) as well as significantly lower Bq counts in FDG-nonavid areas on ex vivo imaging (P = .04) within the malignant group. Significant differences in PET-avid to PET-nonavid Becquerels ratios within both in vivo and ex vivo images (P = .004, P = .002 respectively) were found, with ex vivo ratio being significantly higher (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: 18 F-FDG PET/CT imaging using Bqs is the potential to discern malignant lesions from benign tissues within both in vivo and ex vivo scans.

  • Perioperative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose–guided imaging using the Becquerel as a quantitative measure for optimizing surgical resection in patients with advanced malignancy
    American journal of surgery, 2009
    Co-Authors: Douglas A Murrey, Eamonn E. Bahnson, Nathan Hall, Stephen P. Povoski, Cathy Mojzisik, Donn C. Young, Suhail Sharif, Morgan A. Johnson, Sherif Abdel-misih, Edward W. Martin
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND: 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning is a widely accepted preoperative tumor imaging modality. Herein, we evaluate the Becquerel (Bq) as a potential novel quantitative PET measure for application of surgical specimen imaging. METHODS: Retrospectively, PET-avid lesions that could be followed from preoperative imaging, confidently identified in the operating room, imaged ex vivo, and correlated with histopathology were included in this study. Bq counts from both in vivo (preoperative) and ex vivo (surgical specimen) PET/CT images were measured and correlated with histopathology. RESULTS: Fifty-five PET-avid lesions in 37 patients were included. Forty-six of 55 PET-avid lesions identified were found to contain malignancy on histopathology. Mean Bq counts for the PET-avid lesions were significantly higher that the adjacent PET-nonavid areas (background) within both in vivo and ex vivo imaging (P < .001 and P < .001, respectively). When analyzing all 55 lesions, we found significant increases in Bq levels. PET-avid lesions from in vivo to ex vivo images (P < .001) without significant increases in Bq levels in PET-nonavid lesions from in vivo to ex vivo images (P = .06). When comparing Bq levels between the 2 groups (malignant and benign), we found significantly higher Bq counts in the malignant group on in vivo imaging (P = .02) as well as significantly lower Bq counts in FDG-nonavid areas on ex vivo imaging (P = .04) within the malignant group. Significant differences in PET-avid to PET-nonavid Becquerels ratios within both in vivo and ex vivo images (P = .004, P = .002 respectively) were found, with ex vivo ratio being significantly higher (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: 18 F-FDG PET/CT imaging using Bqs is the potential to discern malignant lesions from benign tissues within both in vivo and ex vivo scans.