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Carbon-11 acetate
Pronunciation
Definition 1
A radioactive form of carbon that is used in positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The acetate salt of the radioisotope carbon-11. Although the mechanism is unclear, carbon-11 acetate preferentially accumulates in tumor tissue, serving as a tracer for imaging tumors with positron emission tomography (PET). (NCI Thesaurus)
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