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minus-squareLanternEverywherelinkfedilink66•edit-22 years agoYou may have heard of a “PET scan” used in medicine. This uses a type of antimatter called a positron. https://bigthink.com/hard-science/positron-emission-tomography-antimatter-cancer/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-22 years agoJust wait until you find out about MRI :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoThat’s pretty awesome too, but they don’t need molecules with atoms that were modified using particle colliders just minutes/hours before you need them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoStill much more complex than PET conceptually, and much more versatile.
You may have heard of a “PET scan” used in medicine. This uses a type of antimatter called a positron.
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/positron-emission-tomography-antimatter-cancer/
The complexity behind this is fascinating.
Just wait until you find out about MRI :)
That’s pretty awesome too, but they don’t need molecules with atoms that were modified using particle colliders just minutes/hours before you need them.
Still much more complex than PET conceptually, and much more versatile.