Positron emission tomography (PET)
Tomografía por emisión de positrones (PET)
- Date
- 1975 · confidence high
- Place
- Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Credited to
- Michael Phelps, Edward Hoffman and Michel Ter-Pogossian; FDG tracer (Brookhaven and Penn, 1976)
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Imaging of metabolic activity using positron-emitting radioactive tracers. It detects cancer and studies the working brain.
What it led to
- Precision oncology (PET-CT staging)
- Cognitive neuroscience and the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
- Radiopharmacy and hospital cyclotrons
Built on
Made possible
- PET-CT
- amyloid-based Alzheimer's diagnosis