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positron-emission tomography en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of positron emission tomography.
Positron-emission tomography is a nuclear medicine imaging technique used to observe metabolic processes — of tissue or organisms — in the body to help diagnose disease.
2018 May 31, Craig Pearson, “Windsor-area patients forced to hit the highway for PET scans”, in Windsor Star, Windsor, Ont.: Postmedia, published 1 June 2018, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2018, page A2, column 5:He points to a new scanner, called the positron-emission tomography (PET), which by detecting biochemical changes in the brain could aid in diagnosis.
1980 November 5, Donna Halvorsen, “Hospital planners get tough questions”, in Evening Express, volume 99, number 21, Portland, Me., →OCLC, page 23, column 2:[Bennet] Omalu’s experimental breakthrough – along with UCLA researchers – uses positron-emission tomography (PET scan) and a radioactive “tracer” called FDDNP to bind to tau proteins in the brain.
2017 November 22, “Courier editorial: CTE research has ramifications”, in Nancy Newhoff, editor, The Courier, volume 159, number 272, Waterloo, Ia.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A5, columns 2–3:New imaging advances have greatly improved the ability of doctors to visualize what is happening inside the body. These include the CAT and PET (positron-emission tomography) scanners, soundwaves to study the heart (echocardiography) and improved radioisotopes and radiation-sensitive cameras to spot tumors, watch the blood flow or the heart beating.
1981 May 31, Joan Whitlow, “A rundown of significant medical advances: Genetics, CAT scans head experts’ lists”, in Sunday Star-Ledger, volume 68, number 92, Newark, N.J., →OCLC, section 8, page 9, column 4:He [Rob Beanlands] is a founding director of the National Cardiac PET Centre, the first facility in Canada dedicated to the use of PET (positron-emission tomography) as a non-invasive cardiac diagnostic tool.
2024 January 19, Elizabeth Payne, “Heart Institute a second family to new CEO […]”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.: Postmedia, published 20 January 2024, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024, page A4, column 2:The brain is only part of the PET story. Positron-emission tomography—PET’s formal name—can be used to study the workings of cells throughout the body.
1981 July 8, Patrick Young, “Doctors have a new favorite PET”, in Waukesha Freeman, Waukesha, Wis., →OCLC, page 4, column 4:MRI tests and positron-emission tomography didn’t exist in William James’s day, but today, it’s quite possible to see which parts of the brain we use for what functions.
2012 December 4, Ken Jennings, “‘We only use 10 percent of our brains, you know!’”, in Because I Said So! The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 209:
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