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Positron-Emission Tomography MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Positron-Emission Tomography
Tree 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
Unique ID
D049268
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049268
Scope Note
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.
Entry Version
POSITRON EMISS TOMOGR
Entry Term(s)
PET Imaging
PET Scan
Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging
Tomography, Positron-Emission
NLM Classification #
WN 206
Previous Indexing
Tomography, Emission-Computed (1969-2004)
Public MeSH Note
2005; see TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED 1979-2004
History Note
2005; use TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED 1979-2004
Date Established
2005/01/01
Date of Entry
2004/07/07
Revision Date
2020/02/06
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