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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

We Help You See Mysteries Inside The Body

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a highly specialized imaging technique using short-lived substances to produce powerful images of the body's biological function. PET scanning provides information about the body's chemistry not available through other procedures and is used mainly to study the heart, disorders of the nervous system and cancer.

three Pet scans - profiles of human body

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NIH Clinical Center
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