: a sectional view of the body constructed by positron-emission tomography
PET scanner
noun
PET scanning
noun
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Repole said in a post on social media that Grande had been fighting through a cracked heel, but that an X-ray and PET scan earlier this week came back clean.
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Vik Chokshi, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Right now, doctors rely on brain scans called PET scans to find amyloid plaques or do a spinal tap to check for abnormal levels of proteins like beta-amyloid and tau.
—Allen Chang, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The dogs received PET scans on days one, three and seven.
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Even though PET scans are the current gold standard of analyzing someone's degree of Alzheimer's, the scans themselves can be costly and not widely available except in population centers with advanced medical facilities.
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Vik Chokshi, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Right now, doctors rely on brain scans called PET scans to find amyloid plaques or do a spinal tap to check for abnormal levels of proteins like beta-amyloid and tau.
—Allen Chang, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The dogs received PET scans on days one, three and seven.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Even though PET scans are the current gold standard of analyzing someone's degree of Alzheimer's, the scans themselves can be costly and not widely available except in population centers with advanced medical facilities.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for PET scan
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“PET scan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PET%20scan. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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PET scan
noun
: a sectional view of the body constructed by positron-emission tomography
PET scanning
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