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ReviewMolecular imaging

From the Outside in: An Overview of Positron Imaging of Plant and Soil Processes.

Michael P Schmidt, Steven D Mamet, Richard A Ferrieri, Derek Peak, Steven D Siciliano

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Review in Molecular imaging. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. PHYTO-PET - Imaging plant physiology on a long-axial field-of-view PET scanner.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  6. Guide to Plant-PET Imaging UsingFrontiers in plant science · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael P SchmidtDepartment of Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, 7235University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8789-9204
Steven D MametDepartment of Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, 7235University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Richard A FerrieriInterdisciplinary Plant Group, Division of Plant Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Missouri Research Reactor Center, 14716University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Derek PeakDepartment of Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, 7235University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Steven D SicilianoDepartment of Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, 7235University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
University of Saskatchewan · CAPlant (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Positron-emitting nuclides have long been used as imaging agents in medical science to spatially trace processes non-invasively, allowing for real-time molecular imaging using low tracer concentrations. This ability to non-destructively visualize processes in real time also makes positron imaging uniquely suitable for probing various processes in plants and porous environmental media, such as soils and sediments. Here, we provide an overview of historical and current applications of positron imaging in environmental research. We highlight plant physiological research, where positron imaging has been used extensively to image dynamics of macronutrients, signalling molecules, trace elements, and contaminant metals under various conditions and perturbations. We describe how positron imaging is used in porous soils and sediments to visualize transport, flow, and microbial metabolic processes. We also address the interface between positron imaging and other imaging approaches, and present accompanying chemical analysis of labelled compounds for reviewed topics, highlighting the bridge between positron imaging and complementary techniques across scales. Finally, we discuss possible future applications of positron imaging and its potential as a nexus of interdisciplinary biogeochemical research.

Indexed as

ElectronsPlantsRadioactive TracersSoilRadioactive TracersSoilautoradiographyFDGPET imaging

Identifiers

PMID33119419
PMCPMC7605056
OpenAlexW3096729150

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