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Positron emission tomography
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a method for measuring biochemical and physiological processes in vivo in a quantitative way by using radiopharmaceuticals labelled with positron emitting radionuclides such as 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F and by measuring the annihilation radiation using a coincidence...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5170/CERN-2006-012.363 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1005065 |
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| author | Paans, A M J |
| author_facet | Paans, A M J |
| author_sort | Paans, A M J |
| collection | CERN |
| description | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a method for measuring biochemical and physiological processes in vivo in a quantitative way by using radiopharmaceuticals labelled with positron emitting radionuclides such as 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F and by measuring the annihilation radiation using a coincidence technique. This includes also the measurement of the pharmacokinetics of labelled drugs and the measurement of the effects of drugs on metabolism. Also deviations of normal metabolism can be measured and insight into biological processes responsible for diseases can be obtained. At present the combined PET/CT scanner is the most frequently used scanner for whole-body scanning in the field of oncology. |
| id | cern-1005065 |
| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2006 |
| publisher | CERN |
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| spelling | cern-10050652019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.5170/CERN-2006-012.363http://cds.cern.ch/record/1005065engPaans, A M JPositron emission tomographyAccelerators and Storage RingsPositron Emission Tomography (PET) is a method for measuring biochemical and physiological processes in vivo in a quantitative way by using radiopharmaceuticals labelled with positron emitting radionuclides such as 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F and by measuring the annihilation radiation using a coincidence technique. This includes also the measurement of the pharmacokinetics of labelled drugs and the measurement of the effects of drugs on metabolism. Also deviations of normal metabolism can be measured and insight into biological processes responsible for diseases can be obtained. At present the combined PET/CT scanner is the most frequently used scanner for whole-body scanning in the field of oncology.CERNoai:cds.cern.ch:10050652006 |
| spellingShingle | Accelerators and Storage Rings Paans, A M J Positron emission tomography |
| title | Positron emission tomography |
| title_full | Positron emission tomography |
| title_fullStr | Positron emission tomography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positron emission tomography |
| title_short | Positron emission tomography |
| title_sort | positron emission tomography |
| topic | Accelerators and Storage Rings |
| url | https://dx.doi.org/10.5170/CERN-2006-012.363 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1005065 |
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