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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces three-dimensional images of metabolic and biochemical activity within the body. It works by introducing a small amount of a radioactive tracer, often a glucose analog, which accumulates in tissues according to their level of act…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 9 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 9× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces three-dimensional images of metabolic and biochemical activity within the body. It works by introducing a small amount of a radioactive tracer, often a glucose analog, which accumulates in tissues according to their level of activity; as the tracer decays it emits positrons that produce pairs of gamma rays detected by the scanner, allowing the distribution of the tracer to be mapped. Because PET reveals function rather than only anatomy, it is widely used to detect and stage cancers, evaluate heart function, and study the brain. In neuroimaging, PET can measure brain glucose metabolism, blood flow, and the binding of specialized tracers to receptors or pathological proteins, making it valuable for investigating neurological and psychiatric conditions such as dementia, epilepsy, and movement disorders, and for distinguishing healthy from diseased tissue. PET is frequently combined with computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging to overlay functional information onto detailed anatomical images, improving localization and diagnostic accuracy. As a topic within neuroimaging, PET complements structural imaging by capturing the living activity of the brain and other organs. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to positron emission tomography and functional imaging.

Research published in this journal

9 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
2019

A Rare Cause of Acute Renal Failure: Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

Caner EdizCorresponding author
Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences (Istanbul), Sultan Abdulhamid Han Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Clinical Case Reports and Images doi:10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-19-3098

How this research is being cited

The 9 articles above have been cited 9 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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