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Positron Emission Tomography

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional neuroimaging and diagnostic technique that uses injected radioactive tracers and specialized detectors to generate three-dimensional images of physiological activity, allowing clinicians to observe how organs such as the brain and heart are functioning. By detecting…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 54× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional neuroimaging and diagnostic technique that uses injected radioactive tracers and specialized detectors to generate three-dimensional images of physiological activity, allowing clinicians to observe how organs such as the brain and heart are functioning. By detecting radiation emitted from tracers that concentrate in active tissue, PET captures metabolism, blood flow, and molecular processes rather than anatomy alone. In neuroimaging, PET is used to study and diagnose disorders by mapping regional brain metabolism and receptor activity, and to assess how well treatments are working. Tracers such as 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) highlight metabolically active tissue, supporting evaluation of neurological and oncological conditions. The journal publishes work that illustrates the diagnostic role of PET and related imaging, including 18F-FDG PET/CT in characterizing cancers such as gastric adenosquamous carcinoma, parotid melanoma, and laryngeal cancer with venous tumor thrombus, as well as detection of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder and molecular diagnosis in thyroid cancer. Complementary techniques are also represented, such as optical coherence tomography imaging for the early prediction of Alzheimer's disease, situating PET within a broader toolkit of imaging methods. As a modality that links radiotracer physics to the visualization of function, PET is integral to neuroimaging and to the diagnosis and monitoring of disease.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Transmutation of Sweat Glands - Eccrine Porocarcinoma

Bajaj AnubhaCorresponding author
MD. (Pathology) Panjab University, Department of Histopathology, A.B. Diagnostics, A-1, Ring Road , Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, 110027, India.
Exact topic Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology Cited by 3 doi:10.14302/issn.2689-5773.jcdp-19-2890
2018

Dissociative Amnesia – A Challenge to Therapy  

Staniloiu AngelicaCorresponding author
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Exact topic International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research Cited by 30 doi:10.14302/issn.2574-612X.ijpr-18-2246

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 54 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Neuroimaging.

Journal editorial board
Joe James · United States Alberto Zani · Italy Zairov Rustem · Russia

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