Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

 a form of nuclear imaging which uses fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) as the radiotracer.

 This allows a 3D image of metabolic activity to be generated using glucose uptake as a proxy
marker.
 The images obtained are then combined with a conventional imaging technique such as CT to
decide whether lesions are metabolically active.

Uses
 evaluating primary and possible metastatic disease
 cardiac PET: not used mainstream currently

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