Positron-Emission Tomography
"Positron-Emission Tomography" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An imaging technique using compounds labelled with short-lived positron-emitting radionuclides (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism. It has been useful in study of soft tissues such as CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and brain. SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is closely related to positron emission tomography, but uses isotopes with longer half-lives and resolution is lower.
| Descriptor ID |
D049268
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.350.800.700 E01.370.350.600.350.800.399 E01.370.350.710.800.399 E01.370.350.825.800.399 E01.370.384.730.800.399
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| Concept/Terms |
Positron-Emission Tomography- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Positron Emission Tomography
- PET Scan
- PET Scans
- Scan, PET
- Scans, PET
- Tomography, Positron-Emission
- Tomography, Positron Emission
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| 2008 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2011 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2012 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2014 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2015 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2017 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Positron-Emission Tomography" by people in Profiles.
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Relationships between hypometabolism and both ?-amyloid and tau PET in corticobasal syndrome. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Mar; 21(3):e70018.
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Reproducibility and repeatability of 18F-(2S, 4R)-4-fluoroglutamine PET imaging in preclinical oncology models. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0313123.
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Functional connectivity abnormalities in clinical variants of progressive supranuclear palsy. Neuroimage Clin. 2025; 45:103727.
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The POINTER Imaging baseline cohort: Associations between multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers, cardiovascular health, and cognition. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Jan; 21(1):e14399.
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Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine. Elife. 2024 Dec 04; 13.
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Whole-Body Multiparametric PET in Clinical Oncology: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2024 Nov; 223(5):e2431712.
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Consensus Guidelines for Delineation of Clinical Target Volumes for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Intact Cervical Cancer: An Update. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 15(2):171-179.
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Functional PET/MRI reveals active inhibition of neuronal activity during optogenetic activation of the nigrostriatal pathway. Sci Adv. 2024 Oct 25; 10(43):eadn2776.
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Radiation target nomenclature for lymphoma trials: consensus recommendations from the National Clinical Trials Network groups. Lancet Haematol. 2024 Dec; 11(12):e951-e958.
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Neuroimaging of the effects of drug exposure or self-administration in rodents: A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2024 Sep; 164:105823.