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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a highly specialized imaging technique using short-lived substances to produce powerful images of the body's biological function. PET scanning provides information about the body's chemistry not available through other procedures and is used mainly to study the heart, disorders of the nervous system and cancer.
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
NIH Clinical Center
Building 10, Room 1C401
10 Center Drive, MSC-1180
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
