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PET scanner

 
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–noun
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 resultant gamma radiation is sensed by detectors and converted into computer-generated images of blood flow, oxygen utilization, glucose uptake, etc.
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PET scanner  
n.  A device that produces cross-sectional x-rays of metabolic processes by means of positron emission tomography.

[p(ositron) e(mission) t(omography).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: PET scanner
Function: noun
: a medical instrument consisting of integrated X-ray and computing equipment and used for positron-emission tomography
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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PET scanner n.
A device that produces cross-sectional x-rays of metabolic processes by means of positron emission tomography.

PET scanning n.

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