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positron emission tomography

medicine imaging technique
Event medical_test Q208376
positron emission tomography
Jens Maus (https://jens-maus.de/) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

positron emission tomography is a medical test[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of medical test entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,577 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: technique[3]
  • Subclass of: tomography[4]
  • Commons category: Positron emission tomography[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Positron emission tomography[6]
  • P14541: 1TUJej[7], 25Uqsz[8], 2R6Odm[9]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for positron emission tomography include PET-CT[10], a medical test[11] and PET-MRI[12], a medical test[13].

Why It Matters

positron emission tomography has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for it include PET-CT[10], a medical test[11] and PET-MRI[12], a medical test[13].

Related Entities

Marc Modat

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_positron-emission-tomography_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{positron emission tomography}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/positron-emission-tomography}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 4459
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4459, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329642|PET (#7329642)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1TUJej, 25Uqsz, 2R6Odm
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0223979-pozitronova-emisni-tomografie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0223979-pozitronova-emisni-tomografie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 19539, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  5. 24w ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → medical test, technique
    Topic's main category → Category:Positron emission tomography
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of poland mms id: 9810636255805606"
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