- PET scanner
- PET′ scan`nern.lab med a tomographic device that produces computerized cross-sectional images of biochemical activity in the brain or other organ through the use of radioactive tracers
From formal English to slang. 2014.
PET scanner
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PET scanner — n a medical instrument consisting of integrated X ray and computing equipment and used for positron emission tomography … Medical dictionary
PET scanner — noun a tomograph that produces cross sectional X rays of metabolic processes in the body • Syn: ↑positron emission tomography scanner • Hypernyms: ↑tomograph * * * noun : a medical instrument consisting of integrated X ray and computing equipment … Useful english dictionary
PET scanner — /ˈpɛt skænə/ (say pet skanuh) noun a tomographic imaging device which detects compounds incorporating positron emitting isotopes, introduced into the body intravenously or by inhalation, thus building up an image of ongoing activity in the brain …
PET scanner — noun see PET scan … New Collegiate Dictionary
PET scanner — a tomographic imaging device that yields visual information about the ongoing activity of the brain: positron emitting isotopes, incorporated into biologically important compounds, are injected intravenously or administered by inhalation, and the … Universalium
PET scan — ˈpet noun : a sectional view of the body constructed by positron emission tomography • PET scanning noun * * * 1. an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner. 2. an examination performed with a PET scanner. [P(ositron)… … Useful english dictionary
PET scan — PET′ scan n. 1) med an examination performed with a PET scanner 2) med an x ray image obtained by examination with a PET scanner … From formal English to slang
PET scan — ☆ PET scan [pet ] n. [p(ositron) e(mission) t(omography)] a type of tomography that, through the use of radioactive tracers, shows the metabolism, as of glucose, in the body, esp. the brain: used in diagnosing abnormalities PET scanner n. PET… … English World dictionary
PET-CT — Die Positronen Emissions Tomographie (von altgr. τομή, tome, „Schnitt“ und γράφειν, graphein, „schreiben“), Abkürzung PET, ist ein bildgebendes Verfahren der Nuklearmedizin, das Schnittbilder von lebenden Organismen erzeugt, indem es die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
PET-Scan — Die Positronen Emissions Tomographie (von altgr. τομή, tome, „Schnitt“ und γράφειν, graphein, „schreiben“), Abkürzung PET, ist ein bildgebendes Verfahren der Nuklearmedizin, das Schnittbilder von lebenden Organismen erzeugt, indem es die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
