A patient tells visiting family that a test was done to examine how the patient's brain is functioning. Which type of test does the nurse recognize as the test the patient is describing?
1. Positron emission test (PET)
2. Computerized tomography (CT)
3. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
4. Single photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT)
Answer: 1
Explanation: A PET scan provides information about the metabolic functioning of the brain. CT, MRI, and SPECT are imaging techniques to examine the structure, not function, of the brain.
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