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[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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/

[-] float@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

The complexity behind this is fascinating.

[-] joelthelion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just wait until you find out about MRI :)

[-] float@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] joelthelion@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Still much more complex than PET conceptually, and much more versatile.

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