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Preferred term

Positron-Emission Tomography  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Imaging, PET
  • Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography
  • PET Imaging
  • PET Imagings
  • PET Scan
  • PET Scans
  • Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography Imagings
  • Scan, PET
  • Tomography Imaging, Positron-Emission
  • Tomography, Positron Emission
  • Tomography, Positron-Emission

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2005; use TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED 1979-2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D049268

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