HyperDic: pet_scanner

English > 1 sense of the expression PET scanner:
NOUNartifactPET scanner, positron emission tomography scannera tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body
English > PET scanner: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body.
Synonympositron emission tomography scanner
BroadertomographX-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements

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