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An imaging technique using compounds labelled with short-lived positron-emitting radionuclides (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism. It has been useful in study of soft tissues such as CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and brain. SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is closely related to positron emission tomography, but uses isotopes with longer half-lives and resolution is lower.
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- PET Imaging
- PET Scan
- Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging
- Tomography, Positron-Emission
- Imaging, PET
- Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography
- PET Imagings
- PET Scans
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
- Positron-Emission Tomography Imagings
- Scan, PET
- Tomography Imaging, Positron-Emission
- Tomography, Positron Emission
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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2005; use TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED 1979-2004
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- Tomography, Emission-Computed (1969-2004)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Positron-Emission Tomography. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049268. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049268
- Positron-Emission Tomography. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography
- Positron-Emission Tomography. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208376