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Re: savannah1021 post# 6642

Thursday, 07/22/2010 7:04:04 AM

Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:04:04 AM

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It stands for Positron Emission Tomography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique which produces a three-dimensional image or picture of functional processes in the body. The system detects pairs of gamma rays emitted indirectly by a positron-emitting radionuclide (tracer), which is introduced into the body on a biologically active molecule. Images of tracer concentration in 3-dimensional or 4-dimensional space (the 4th dimension being time) within the body are then reconstructed by computer analysis. In modern scanners, this reconstruction is often accomplished with the aid of a CT X-ray scan performed on the patient during the same session, in the same machine...