PET SCAN

Health

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: PET SCAN

Crosswords: PET SCAN

PET scan on an 11-year-old boy with hemophilia and AIDS. Before treatment subject was confused and somnolent. These symptoms were resolved with AZT therapy. The increase in green and red areas after treatment denotes a rise in glucose metabolism, indicating an improvement in brain function. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Illustration of prototype machine to perform mammography by Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan). Since this machine is used solely for mammography, it is called Positron Emission Mammography (PEM). Credit: Joseph Frank, NIH Diagnostic Imaging.

Image of a breast and axillary nodes by conventional PET scan. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

These are slides of PET scans of a malignant brain tumor. This PET scan depicts a highly malignant brain tumor. It appears red because the tumor uses more glucose than the normal brain. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Shown is a PET scan (positron emission tomography) of a 17 year old girl with a longstanding history of epilepsy, who has a brain tumor classified as a grade 1 astrocytoma. The PET scan indicates that the tumor is not metabolizing excess glucose and is therefore benign. PET scans allow doctors to tell if a tumor is malignant without resorting to a surgical biopsy. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

PET scan - see positron emission tomography. (references)

A patient having a PET scan rests on a long low platform as the scanner tracks the flow of glucose or oxygen. (references)

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Finnish

PET-aivokuvaus (PET scan of brain). (various references)

French

image tomographique du cerveau (PET scan of brain). (various references)

German

mittels PET gewonnene Aufnahme von dem Gehirn (PET scan of brain). (various references)

Italian

scansione PET del cervello (PET scan of brain). (various references)

Pig Latin

etpay anscay

Spanish

imagen de cerebro obtenida con la cámara de positrones (PET scan of brain). (various references)

Swedish

PET-scanundersökning av hjärnan (PET scan of brain). (various references)

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