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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6869838· OSTI ID:6869838

Positron emission tomography (PET) assesses biochemical processes in the living subject, producing images of function rather than form. Using PET, physicians are able to obtain not the anatomical information provided by other medical imaging techniques, but pictures of physiological activity. In metaphoric terms, traditional imaging methods supply a map of the body's roadways, its, anatomy; PET shows the traffic along those paths, its biochemistry. This document discusses the principles of PET, the radiopharmaceuticals in PET, PET research, clinical applications of PET, the cost of PET, training of individuals for PET, the role of the United States Department of Energy in PET, and the futures of PET. 22 figs.

Research Organization:
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (USA). School of Medicine
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/ER
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-89ER60763
OSTI ID:
6869838
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/60763-1; ON: DE90012491
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS
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BRAIN
CARBON 11
CARBON ISOTOPES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHEMISTRY
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
COST
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
DISEASES
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRUGS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FLUORINE 18
FLUORINE ISOTOPES
HEART
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
IMAGE PROCESSING
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
MAN
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METABOLISM
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEOPLASMS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NITROGEN 13
NITROGEN ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
OXYGEN 15
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
PHYSIOLOGY
POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
PRIMATES
PROCESSING
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SYNTHESIS
TOMOGRAPHY
TRACER TECHNIQUES
USES
VERTEBRATES