POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does positron emission tomography mean? 

• POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

  Familiarity information: POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

PET; positron emission tomography

Hypernyms ("positron emission tomography" is a kind of...):

imaging; tomography ((medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body)

 Context examples 

A substance being studied in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to detect tumor hypoxia (a low level of oxygen in the tumor).

(fluorine F 18 EF5, NCI Dictionary)

Upon positron emission tomography (PET), cancer cells can be imaged.

(Fluorine F 18 4-L-fluoroglutamine (2S,4R), NCI Thesaurus)

The radioactive form of glucose used in positron emission tomography (PET), a diagnostic imaging procedure.

(fludeoxyglucose F 18, NCI Dictionary)

Accordingly, [18]FACBC accumulates in tumor cells and can potentially be used to image tumors using positron emission tomography (PET).

(Fluciclovine (18F), NCI Thesaurus)

A radioactive substance being studied in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to detect cancer and to monitor the response of some types of cancer to treatment.

(fluorine F 18 FEQA, NCI Dictionary)

A radioconjugate containing a derivative of the androgen testosterone, 16-beta-fluoro-5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone (FDHT), labeled with the radioisotope fluorine F18 (18F-FDHT), with potential use as an imaging agent for positron emission tomography (PET).

(Fluorine F 18 FDHT, NCI Thesaurus)

In PgR-positive breast cancer, positron emission tomography (PET) may then be used to quantitate hormone receptor status.

(Fluorine F 18 Fluoro Furanyl Norprogesterone, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called positron emission tomography scan.

(PET scan, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure that combines the pictures from a positron emission tomography (PET) scan and a computed tomography (CT) scan.

(PET-CT scan, NCI Dictionary)

Acting as a methyl donor, methionine C 11 is incorporated into macromolecules, where it serves as a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent for detecting tumors with high rates of protein synthesis.

(Methionine C 11, NCI Thesaurus)