: a sectional view of the body constructed by positron-emission tomography
PET scanner
noun
PET scanning
noun
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That could include blood work to measure your white and red blood cell counts and potentially to look for substances that can signify cancer, as well as imaging (for instance, an ultrasound, CT scan, or PET scan) to check out what’s going on inside your lymph node(s).
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
Your PET scan can return a positive result if there are any clusters of bright spots on your image.
—Susan Russell, Health, 12 Sep. 2024
Jay Reinstein, a patient with Alzheimer’s, sits on a bed after receiving a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., June 20, 2023.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2024
The patients took memory tests and received MRIs to measure their brain structure and volume, as well as PET scans to measure glucose metabolism, which is tied to Alzheimer’s.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
Your PET scan can return a positive result if there are any clusters of bright spots on your image.
—Susan Russell, Health, 12 Sep. 2024
Jay Reinstein, a patient with Alzheimer’s, sits on a bed after receiving a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., June 20, 2023.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2024
The patients took memory tests and received MRIs to measure their brain structure and volume, as well as PET scans to measure glucose metabolism, which is tied to Alzheimer’s.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
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PET scan
noun
: a sectional view of the body constructed by positron-emission tomography
PET scanning
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