PET scanning
Metabolic body imaging
PET scanning is a medical imaging technique that detects gamma rays emitted by a radioactive tracer injected into the body.
PET stands for positron emission tomography.
The scan reveals metabolic activity rather than just anatomy, making it especially useful for detecting cancer, monitoring heart function, and studying brain activity.
The PET scan showed no spread of the tumor.
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- radioactive decayUnstable atoms releasing energy
- tracerPath-marking projectile
- imagingProducing visual representations
- medical imagingCreating pictures inside bodies
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- brain metabolismglycolysis, lactate, pyruvate, mitochondria, metabolic rate
PET scanningCT scan
Tomographic diagnostic imaging
visual inspection · MRI · X-ray · ultrasound · bone scan
PET scanningphysical examination
Medical evaluation of body
visual inspection · palpation · auscultation · clinical observation · gross examination
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