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Description: This is a transaxial slice of the brain of a 56 year old patient (male) taken with positron emission tomography (PET). The injected dose have been 282 MBq of 18F-FDG and the image was generated from a 20 minutes measurement with an ECAT Exact HR+ PET Scanner. Red areas show more accumulated tracer substance (18F-FDG) and blue areas are regions where low to no tracer have been accumulated.
Title: PET-image
Credit: Own work
Author: Jens Maus (http://jens-maus.de/)
Permission: This work has been released into the public domain by its author, I, Jens Maus. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I, Jens Maus grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
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