PET scanner

Variant of PET scan

PET scan definition

☆ PET scan (pet)

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

Etymology: p(ositron) e(mission) t(omography)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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