PET scanner
Metabolic activity mapper
A PET scanner is a medical imaging device that detects gamma rays emitted by a radioactive tracer injected into the body.
PET stands for positron emission tomography.
The scanner creates three-dimensional images showing metabolic activity in tissues, making it especially useful for detecting cancer, evaluating brain disorders, and assessing heart function.
The PET scanner revealed abnormal activity in the lymph nodes.
- gamma raysHighest-frequency electromagnetic radiation
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- tomographyImaging via cross-sections
- nuclear medicineHealthcare using radioactive materials
- isotopeElemental variant by mass
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- radiation detectorsGeiger counter, dosimeter, radiation badge, TLD, frisker
- imaging devicescamera, cameras, digital camera, digital cameras, video camera
- Scannersbarcode reader, card reader, QR reader, code reader
- medical imagingMRI, X-ray, mammogram, ultrasound, computed tomography
- diagnostic devicesstethoscope, blood glucose meter, EKG, ECG machine, EEG
- radiation sourcessun, uranium, plutonium, radium, radon
PET scannerMRI
Magnetic body imaging
CT scanner · CAT scan · fluoroscopy · ultrasound · mammography
PET scannerphysical examination
Medical evaluation of body
stethoscope · visual inspection · clinical observation · percussion · auscultation
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