PET scanning
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of PET scanning
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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Published in Nature Communications, the research combines evidence from mice and humans, including brain tissue analysis and so-called PET scanning.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
But the center has just six infusion chairs and one PET scanning machine, which can handle two or three patients a day.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2021
She was an early adopter of PET scanning technology for neuroscience.Credit:
From Nature • Mar. 31, 2020
PET scanning can do this a decade before symptoms begin to appear, but the technique is specialized, expensive and invasive.
From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 2015
Physicians have begun to use PET scanning in determining therapy for people who have had strokes or epileptic seizures.
From Time Magazine Archive
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