fPET

English

Etymology

From f- +‎ PET.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: eff‧pet

Noun

fPET (countable and uncountable, plural fPETs)

1. (uncountable, radiology) Abbreviation of functional positron emission tomography.

   Synonym: fPET scanning

   Hypernyms: PET (positron emission tomography), radiography, PET scanning

2. (countable, radiology) Abbreviation of functional positron emission tomogram. A scan using functional positron emission tomography

   Synonyms: fPET scanner, fPET machine

   Hypernyms: PET (positron emission tomograph), radiograph, PET scanner, PET machine

3. (countable, radiology) Abbreviation of functional positron emission tomograph. A device used to make functional positron emission tomograms

   Synonym: fPET scan

   Hypernyms: PET (positron emission tomogram), radiogram, PET scan

Synonyms

• functional PET

 

See also

• fluoroscopy