positron-emission tomography

positron-emission tomography (uncountable)

2. Alternative form of positron emission tomography.
   • 1980 November 5, Donna Halvorsen, “Hospital planners get tough questions”, in Evening Express, volume 99, number 21, Portland, Me., →OCLC, page 23, column 2:

     He points to a new scanner, called the positron-emission tomography (PET), which by detecting biochemical changes in the brain could aid in diagnosis.

   • 1981 May 31, Joan Whitlow, “A rundown of significant medical advances: Genetics, CAT scans head experts’ lists”, in Sunday Star-Ledger, volume 68, number 92, Newark, N.J., →OCLC, section 8, page 9, column 4:

     New imaging advances have greatly improved the ability of doctors to visualize what is happening inside the body. These include the CAT and PET (positron-emission tomography) scanners, soundwaves to study the heart (echocardiography) and improved radioisotopes and radiation-sensitive cameras to spot tumors, watch the blood flow or the heart beating.

   • 1981 July 8, Patrick Young, “Doctors have a new favorite PET”, in Waukesha Freeman, Waukesha, Wis., →OCLC, page 4, column 4:

     The brain is only part of the PET story. Positron-emission tomography—PET’s formal name—can be used to study the workings of cells throughout the body.

   • 2012 December 4, Ken Jennings, “‘We only use 10 percent of our brains, you know!’”, in Because I Said So! The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 209:

     MRI tests and positron-emission tomography didn’t exist in William James’s day, but today, it’s quite possible to see which parts of the brain we use for what functions.

   • 2017 November 22, “Courier editorial: CTE research has ramifications”, in Nancy Newhoff, editor, The Courier, volume 159, number 272, Waterloo, Ia.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A5, columns 2–3:

     [Bennet] Omalu’s experimental breakthrough – along with UCLA researchers – uses positron-emission tomography (PET scan) and a radioactive “tracer” called FDDNP to bind to tau proteins in the brain.

   • 2018 May 31, Craig Pearson, “Windsor-area patients forced to hit the highway for PET scans”, in Windsor Star‎^[1], Windsor, Ont.: Postmedia, published 1 June 2018, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 June 2018, page A2, column 5:

     Positron-emission tomography is a nuclear medicine imaging technique used to observe metabolic processes — of tissue or organisms — in the body to help diagnose disease.

   • 2024 January 19, Elizabeth Payne, “Heart Institute a second family to new CEO […]”, in Ottawa Citizen‎^[2], Ottawa, Ont.: Postmedia, published 20 January 2024, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 January 2024, page A4, column 2:

     He [Rob Beanlands] is a founding director of the National Cardiac PET Centre, the first facility in Canada dedicated to the use of PET (positron-emission tomography) as a non-invasive cardiac diagnostic tool.