sgf,
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Random fun fact: They don't want you to think too hard while waiting for your PET scan in case it makes your brain glow.

(Some technical liberties may have been taken with this explanation.)

robryk,
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@sgf

I never really understood why: signal strength of brain compared to everything else is not used diagnostically. I don't think PET is so close to the acceptable SNR boundary that the amount of "shiny glucose" this takes away from everywhere else matters (or am I wrong?). Or does this introduce variations within the brain that might be confusing?

Also, good luck getting some people not to think too hard :)

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