Physics A-Level
Positron-emitting radionuclide
What Positron-emitting radionuclide means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A substance, often fluorine-18 in fluorodeoxyglucose, that is administered and taken up by metabolically active cells, emitting a positron that travels a short distance before annihilating with an electron.
Topics that use Positron-emitting radionuclide
- Diagnostic methods in medicine (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Annihilation
- Clinical diagnosis from count maps
- Coincidence detection
- Collimator
- Computer
- Fluorine–18
- Functional medical imaging
- Medical tracer
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