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Two photons arising from two annihilation events and detected within each other’s coincidence window are __________.

Which of the following scintillators is commercially available in a time-of-flight (TOF) PET scanner?

The pattern of FDG uptake/glucose metabolism in patients with multi-infarct dementia is characterized by the presence of __________.

__________ is referred to as a rapid deterioration of renal function following IV administration of iodinated contrast media to a patient.

Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) measurements are performed on __________.

Allergic reaction that begins within seconds/minutes of contrast media administration and rapidly progresses to cause airway obstruction, skin, and intestinal irritation, and altered heart rhythms is called __________

PET images distinguished by “hot skin” and the manifestation of the lungs with high tracer uptake and the low tracer concentrations in the mediastinum are __________.

When viewing a PET image, the “rim sign” is a clue the image has not been __________.

Which of the following radiopharmaceuticals has been developed as the PET tracer to measure myocardial oxygen utilization?

CT and PET scans demonstrate different aspects of disease indicating regions with ___________.