The positron or antielectron is the particle with an electric charge of +1e, a spin of 1/2 (the same as the electron), and the same mass as an electron...
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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes...
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neutron while releasing a positron and an electron neutrino (νe). Positron emission is mediated by the weak force. The positron is a type of beta particle...
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Look up Positron, positron, positrón, or pósitron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A positron is an elementary particle of antimatter. Positron may also...
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Pair production (redirect from Electron-positron pair production)
positron, a muon and an antimuon, or a proton and an antiproton. Pair production often refers specifically to a photon creating an electron–positron pair...
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Positron Corporation is an American nuclear medicine healthcare company specializing in cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. Positron is...
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Electron–positron annihilation occurs when an electron ( e− ) and a positron ( e+ , the electron's antiparticle) collide. At low energies, the result...
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Antimatter (section Positrons)
component of widely available applications related to beta decay, such as positron emission tomography, radiation therapy, and industrial imaging. In theory...
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Beta decay (section Helicity (polarization) of neutrinos, electrons and positrons emitted in beta decay)
which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron), transforming into an isobar of that nuclide. For example, beta decay...
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PET-CT (redirect from Positron emission tomography - computed tomography)
Positron emission tomography–computed tomography (better known as PET-CT or PET/CT) is a nuclear medicine technique which combines, in a single gantry...
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