Sentences with phrase «emission tomography scanner»

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Then they would lie in a high - resolution positron emission tomography (PET) scanner for a grueling 90 minutes while the machine took pictures in 2 - millimeter increments of their nucleus accumbens, a region deep in the brain that (among other things) controls reward and motivation.

Antielectrons, also known as positrons, are in wide use in PET (positron emission tomography) scanners.

When these miserable souls go into a positron - emission tomography (PET) scanner, Wang sees the motivation regions of their brains go wild.

Neuroscientists zeroed in on it by placing subjects in a positron - emission tomography (PET) scanner to measure blood flow in the brain, then having them look at cards with color rectangles.

There are other noninvasive brain scanners — magnetoencephalography, positron - emission tomography and near - infrared spectroscopy, and so on — but each also has its trade - offs.

This was going first to a reorientation of the Crystal Clear program opening the fundamental research on new scintillators to the construction of medical imaging prototypes such as the ClearPET small animal PET scanner with a LuAP / LSO phoswich and the ClearPEM dedicated positron emission tomography for functional breast imaging.

In May of 2016, the UC Davis veterinary hospital acquired a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, becoming the first veterinary facility in the world to utilize the imaging technology for equine patients.

In August 2016, the UC Davis VMTH became the first veterinary hospital in the world equipped with a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner to image horses.

The UC Davis veterinary hospital recently acquired a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, becoming the first veterinary facility in the world to utilize the imaging technology for equine patients.

• Utilized principles of human anatomy and physiology in marketing Positron Emissions Tomography (PET) Scanner.