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Positron-Emission Tomography

Known as: PT, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, Positron emission tomography (PET) 
A technique for measuring the gamma radiation produced by collisions of electrons and positrons (anti-electrons) within living tissue. In positron… (More)

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Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyNeuroimagingSYSTEM, TOMOGRAPHY, COMPUTED, EMISSIONTomography, Emission-Computed
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2016
Review
2016
Positron emission tomography (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and prognosis in patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma: A meta-analysis.
PURPOSE To investigate the prognostic significance of (18)F-FDG PET imaging in patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma, a meta… (More)
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2015
Review
2015
Recent imaging advances in neurology
Over the recent years, the application of neuroimaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Simvastatin attenuates plaque inflammation: evaluation by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
OBJECTIVES We investigated whether simvastatin attenuates plaque inflammation by using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Imaging atherosclerotic plaque inflammation with [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is usually a consequence of inflammatory cell activity within the plaque. Current… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Localization of syntactic comprehension by positron emission tomography.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) was used to determine regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) when eight normal right-handed males… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Localization of grasp representations in humans by positron emission tomography
Positron emission tomography imaging of cerebral blood flow was used to localize brain areas involved in the representation of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Motor sequence learning: a study with positron emission tomography.
We have used positron emission tomography to study the functional anatomy of motor sequence learning. Subjects learned sequences… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Functional neuroanatomy of face and object processing. A positron emission tomography study.
Studies of brain-damaged patients have revealed the existence of a selective impairment of face processing, prosopagnosia… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Selective and divided attention during visual discriminations of shape, color, and speed: functional anatomy by positron emission tomography.
Positron emission tomography (PET) was used to identify the neural systems involved in discriminating the shape, color, and speed… (More)
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Positron emission tomography study of human brain functional development.
From over 100 children studied with 2-deoxy-2[18F]fluoro-D-glucose and positron emission tomography we selected 29 children (aged… (More)
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