A PET scan is often used to help determine a cancer diagnosis. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses a tracer with low levels of radiation to find places in your body where cells are ...

The information from the PET scan and from the CT scan is different but complementary. The PET scan shows areas with increased metabolic activity, while the CT scan shows detailed anatomical locations ...

Steiner, MD, FACC, director of cardiac and pulmonary imaging at Temple University Health System in Philadelphia ... image or side-by-side images." PET scans are a form of nuclear medicine ...

"Amyloid PET scans tell us if someone has accumulated ... help doctors diagnose various neurodegenerative diseases." In a healthy person without neurological complaints, a brain MRI serves as ...

On when should a patient get a PET scan for lung cancer evaluation, Dr Mutua says if a chest x-ray or chest CT scan reveals suspicious findings, a PET scan is the next appropriate step.

Before this past fall, if you lived close to the Bemidji area and your doctor recommended a PET/CT scan, it was a bit of a ...

Starting January 2025, the Nuclear Medicine department at AOI Nagpur will offer Gallium-based PET CT scan services. These scans are designed to detect cancer at a molecular level, improving the ...