PET scans
Radiotracer diagnostic pictures
PET scans are medical imaging procedures that use positron emission tomography to detect disease activity in the body.
A radioactive tracer is injected and absorbed by tissues, revealing metabolic processes rather than just anatomy.
PET scans are especially useful for detecting cancer, evaluating heart conditions, and studying brain disorders: The PET scan showed no signs of the tumor spreading.
- medical imagingCreating pictures inside bodies
- full body scanMedical imaging of everything
- cyclotronSpiral-path particle accelerator
- ultrasound imagingDiagnostic visualization using sound waves
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
gamma rays · cancer · cancer diagnosis · nuclear medicine · hot spot · X-ray · imaging center · radiopharmaceuticals · neurology · carbon-11 · cardiology · epilepsy · radiology · metabolic · bright spot · brain · brain activity · glucose
- brain sciencebrain scan, brain research, brain map, brain imaging, brain chemistry
- neuroscienceneuron, MRI, brain, neurons, synapses
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- Brain MeasuresEEG, fMRI, MRI images, brain scan, brain scans
- nuclear applicationsnuclear medicine, nuclear power, nuclear reactors, radiation therapy, nuclear imaging
- brain researchfMRI, EEG, neurons, brain imaging, brain scans
PET scansMRI
Magnetic body imaging
CT scans · X-rays · ultrasound · mammography · fluoroscopy
PET scansphysical examination
Medical evaluation of body
palpation · visual inspection · auscultation · percussion · clinical observation