A heart PET scan is a noninvasive imaging test that uses a small amount of radiation. It helps doctors understand how the heart functions and whether it is healthy. Cardiac or heart PET scans create ...

Preparing for a PET scan requires switching to a no-sugar diet the day before the scan. People with diabetes may have special instructions regarding medications. Doctors typically schedule PET scans ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a sophisticated medical imaging technique. It uses a radioactive tracer to pinpoint differences in tissues on the molecular level. A whole-body PET scan can ...

Carly Bartuccio talks with event attendees about the new PET-CT scanner at a ribbon-cutting. Nothing can replace the caring touch of a health care worker, nor the expert clinical decision-making of a ...

What Is a PET Scan? A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is a type of imaging study that can help doctors see what’s happening inside your body and how it’s working. This can help them understand ...

PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

So you’re unlucky enough to be hit with the real C-word: cancer. That sucks. But what can be worse is that many current medical scanning techniques come with large levels of radiation. The current ...

Illustration showing the locations of the two PET detectors and the sampling pattern used to image the cylindrical phantom (the red circle). (Courtesy: Med. Phys. 10.1002/mp.13397) Molecular imaging ...

Evaluations of the first-ever prototype positron emission tomography brain scanner that uses semiconductor detectors indicate that the scanner could advance the quality and spatial resolution of PET ...

PET/CT scanners have become an invaluable imaging tool in clinical oncology because of their ability to measure metabolic activity and evaluate potentially malignant cells. This is not the case for ...