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    A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses radioactive tracers to detect disease and abnormalities in the body. Tracers like fluorine-18, oxygen-15, nitrogen-13, and carbon-11 are injected into the body and undergo positron emission decay, emitting positrons. The positrons collide with electrons, producing gamma rays that are detected by the PET scanner and used to create 3D images of metabolic activity in the body. PET scans are useful for cancer screening, detecting heart disease, and examining brain function.

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    A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses radioactive tracers to detect disease and abnormalities in the body. Tracers like fluorine-18, oxygen-15, nitrogen-13, and carbon-11 are injected into the body and undergo positron emission decay, emitting positrons. The positrons collide with electrons, producing gamma rays that are detected by the PET scanner and used to create 3D images of metabolic activity in the body. PET scans are useful for cancer screening, detecting heart disease, and examining brain function.

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    A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses radioactive tracers to detect disease and abnormalities in the body. Tracers like fluorine-18, oxygen-15, nitrogen-13, and carbon-11 are injected into the body and undergo positron emission decay, emitting positrons. The positrons collide with electrons, producing gamma rays that are detected by the PET scanner and used to create 3D images of metabolic activity in the body. PET scans are useful for cancer screening, detecting heart disease, and examining brain function.

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    The PET Scan

    (The science of it)


    Brianna Salois
    What is it?
    Positron Emission Tomography Scan

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    Works Cited
    Berger, Abi. “How Does It Work? Positron Emission Tomography.” BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 28 June
    2003, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1126321/.

    Mayo Clinic Staff. “Positron Emission Tomography Scan.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 24
    May 2019, www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/pet-scan/about/pac-20385078.

    John Hopkins Medicine Staff. “Positron Emission Tomography (PET).” Positron Emission Tomography (PET) | Johns Hopkins
    Medicine, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/positron-emission-tomography-pet.

    Nordqvist, Christian. “PET Scans: Uses, Risks, and Procedure.” Medical News Today, MediLexicon International, 23 June 2017,
    www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154877.php.

    “Beta Decay.” Guide to the Nuclear Wallchart, CPEP, 2003, www2.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/chapters/03/2.html.

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