Positron Emission Tomography (Pet Scan)

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Science

 

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October 13, 2011

 

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The radioactive substance is produced in a machine called a cyclotron and attached to a natural body compound. The most common body compound that the positrons are attached to is glucose. Other natural body compounds commonly used to attach the radioactive substances are carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and ammonia...
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The most common body compound that the positrons are attached to is glucose. Other natural body compounds commonly used to attach the radioactive substances are carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and ammonia. The compounds become altered to allow them to emit positrons. Once the tracer enters the body it will take approximately 30 to 90 minutes for the substance to travel to a specific target organ, such as the brain or heart...
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