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Positron-Emission Tomography  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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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Entry terms

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

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In other languages

  • Tomographie par émission de positons

    French

  • TEP (Tomographie par Émission de Positons)
  • TEP-Scan
  • Tomographie à émission de positons
  • Tomographie à positons
  • Tomographie par émission de positrons

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MBB5T494-3

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