Imaging technique that measures the metabolic activity of a tissue using radioactive compounds.
Today, the vast majority of PET scans are performed using fluorine-18-labelled fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in cancerology.
- Brain Imaging :
- Means all medical imaging techniques that can be used to observe the brain (MRI, Scanner, EEG, MEG-EEG, etc.).
- Magnetoencephalography (MEG) :
- Technique for measuring magnetic fields induced by the activity of neurons in the brain or spinal cord.