radioactive tracer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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All the volunteers will have the current gold-standard tests for Alzheimer's which involve a specialised brain PET scan using a radioactive tracer, or a lumbar puncture to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid.
From BBC
The day of the appointment, the medical staff injected a radioactive tracer into Gluck’s bloodstream, then instructed him to lie down on a machine similar to a CT scanner.
From Slate
It took about an hour on a weeknight after work, and afterward, Gluck made a throwaway joke to the technician: Am I glowing from the radioactive tracer?
From Slate
PET is an imaging technique that uses a radioactive tracer to measure metabolic processes in the body.
From Science Daily
PET is an imaging technique that uses a radioactive tracer to measure metabolic processes in the body.
From Science Daily
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