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- Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes ...26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
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- a proton is converted into a neutron, a positron, and an electron neutrino ... ==β+ decay (positron emission) == Unstable atomic nuclei with an excess ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- an atom and insufficient energy to emit a positron. In such a case, a proton ... less than 1.022 mega electronvolt (MeV), positron emission is forbidden and ...5 KB (705 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- is electron capture (with some alpha and positron emission), and the primary ... the preferred compound for detectors in positron emission tomography (PET.) ...11 KB (1,371 words) - 03:06, 5 November 2022
- is moving in the opposite direction to a positron in complex 'internal ... negative electron becomes a positive positron—and color charge—a red ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 06:25, 31 July 2023
- :: Positron ( link=yes|Positron ) :: Antimuon ( link=yes|Antimuon ) :: Antitau ( ...16 KB (2,185 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- corresponding antiparticles (such as the positron or the electron antineutrino ... | Electron / Positron | e^- \, / \, e^+ | −1 / +1 | 0.511 ...8 KB (1,168 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- imaging by the technique called PET (positron emission tomography), and ... medical imaging by a technique known as positron emission tomography. ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes ...26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- other atoms to produce short-lived, positron-emitting isotopes suitable ... other atoms to produce short-lived positron-emitting isotopes suitable ...12 KB (1,883 words) - 06:53, 12 January 2024
- Gamma rays of specific frequencies are produced during electron-positron ... converted into the mass of an electron-positron pair. A positron is the ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- of the electron is its antiparticle, the positron. Charged particles ... The antiparticle of the electron is the positron (see below). Electrons are ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- It is also used in detectors for positron emission tomography. == Applications == Bismuth and its compounds have many applications, a number ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- |style="background:#efefef"|Positron |e^+\, |+1\, ... The Large Electron-Positron Collider at CERN tested various predictions ...25 KB (3,578 words) - 16:25, 8 February 2023
- been (and still are) used as probes--the positron was discovered in this way ... 3 km (2 miles) long. SLAC is an electron-positron collider. ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- Shortly after the discovery of the positron in cosmic ray products, ... blood. Fluorine-18 decays by releasing a positron whose life is soon ended ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- Polonium (chemical symbol Po, atomic number 84) is a rare, extremely toxic, and highly radioactive chemical element. It is found in small amounts ...11 KB (1,554 words) - 08:39, 24 November 2022
- regularly separate into an electron and positron pair, which take off as ... the anti-neutrino, the anti-electron (or positron), and the anti-quarks. Antimatter ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- Astatine (chemical symbol At, atomic number 85) is the rarest naturally occurring chemical element. It is a member of the halogen family of elements ...6 KB (808 words) - 05:08, 18 August 2023
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET.) ... in medical imaging equipment such as positron emission tomography (PET ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- to these 12 particles. The antielectron (positron) antielectron ... | antielectron (positron) || antielectron || muon || antimuon || tauon ...18 KB (2,400 words) - 16:06, 13 February 2024