New Method Could Detect Blood Clots Anywhere in the Body with a Single Scan (IMAGE)

American Chemical Society

New Method Could Detect Blood Clots Anywhere in the Body with a Single Scan

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The whole body of a rat can be imaged for blood clots with one PET scan (which is overlaid here on an MRI image) using the FBP8 probe. Arrow points to a blood clot.

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Peter Caravan, Ph.D.

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