Sentences with phrase «pet image of the brain»
Antimatter at lower energies is used in Positron Emission Tomography (see this PET image of the brain).
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When Lidstone's team analyzed the patients» brain activity, the PET images showed dopamine flooding the synapses in the crucial motor control region of their brains, just as surely as from a dose of medication.
For this study, 10 subjects with Alzheimer's underwent PET following the injection of three radiotracers: fluorine - 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F - 18 FDG), which images regional metabolic activity; carbon - 11 Pittsburgh compound B (C - 11 PiB), which has an affinity for amyloid plaques; and F - 18 AV - 1451, an emerging imaging agent that binds to tau in the brain.
«These include different types of MRI scans, which use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the inside of the brain, and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans, which use a small amount of a radioactive drug, or tracer, to test how tissues in the brain are actually functioning.