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 ...

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 ...

Total body PET/CT scans can successfully visualize systemic joint involvement in patients with autoimmune arthritis, according to new first-in-human research published in the October issue of The ...

A new PET scan reliably detects benign tumors in the pancreas, according to research led by Radboud university medical center. Current scans often fail to detect these insulinomas, even though they ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Another piece of the Medical Mile is now in place. Grand Rapids is now home to one of the nation's only total-body PET Scanners. It's located at Doug Meijer Medical Innovation ...

Reduction of radiation doses by up to 80%, a 60% cut in administered radiopharmaceutical doses, and a full-body scan ...

WASHINGTON — Medicare on Monday proposed ending restrictions on how many PET scans patients can receive to detect amyloid plaques in their brains, which will offer physicians more options as they ...

In a small study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart may identify people who will go on to develop Parkinson’s ...

PET scan visualization can measure effects of STING-activating drugs. ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 17, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 08 / 220810161032.htm University of ...