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 ...

Liv Hospital integrates PET/CT diagnostics, radionuclide therapies and a multidisciplinary council to create individualized treatment plans for complex cancer and cardiac cases.

PET scans may serve as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool in giant cell arteritis (GCA), according to a new study. In over 100 patients with GCA who underwent 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET ...

Karin Rexroad peeks through the bore of the PET-CT scanner at LMH Health. Positron emission tomography, or PET, scans have long been used to diagnose cancer and determine how far it has progressed.

The ability to follow patients with this high sensitivity allows us to make a more accurate and precise measurement, and we can see small changes or see them in a shorter period of time…,” ...

Medicare Part B covers outpatient PET scans when ordered by a doctor and considered medically necessary. PET scan costs can vary depending on whether you have the scan in a hospital as an inpatient, ...

Imagine being able to watch organs and tissues work in real time. That's the power of Positron Emission Tomography, or PET ...

Positron is committed to expanding the cardiac and oncology PET modality by delivering the best technology and value to imaging specialists and will continue to advance its technology through its ...

A proof-of-concept trial shows novel sarcoidosis PET/CT tracer detects inflammatory activity, supporting further clinical ...

In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Specht is joined via Zoom by study co-lead, Heather Jacene, MD, of Brigham and Women's ...

WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...