c) Tracers

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  • define medical tracer


  • a radioisotope chemically combined with elements to target specific tissues


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  • state the tracer used in PET scans


  • FDG


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  • state the structure of FDG


  • glucose with fluorine-18 instead of oxygen


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  • explain why FDG is used as a tracer


  • behaves like glucose

    • accumulates in tissues with a high respiration rate