Pittsburgh compound B (PiB) is a radioactive analog of thioflavin T which can be used in positron emission tomography scans to image beta-amyloid plaques in neuronal tissue. Due to this property Pittsburgh compound B may be used in investigational studies of Alzheimer’s disease.
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