Number of installed PET scanners Japan 2002-2020
Positron emmission tomography (PET) is a diagnostic imaging technique based on the detection of radioactive emission. For that purpose a radioactive tracer (radiotracer) has to be injected into the patient's peripheral vein. PET is especially useful for monitoring the relative change of disease processes over time.
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