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 ...

A viral video shows a pet scanner detecting a microchip from the COVID-19 vaccine in a person's arm. At the end of June 2021, a video started circulating on social media that supposedly showed a pet ...

Rachel works as a CRNA where she provides anesthesia care across the lifespan, including pediatric anesthesia, with a primary focus on orthopedic anesthesia. She is also an Assistant Professor at the ...

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 ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) scans can detect cancer earlier than other imaging tests. But some types of cancer are harder to detect on a PET scan. In particular, they may miss cancers that ...

PET scans can detect amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain, which are often early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. But they’re not enough on their own to make a diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) is an important tool for studying the animal model of human diseases and the development of new drugs and new therapies. Patients undergoing a positron emission ...

Ascension St. John will soon have a new way to detect cancer in patients throughout Green Country. The hospital system is going to use a new mobile PET/CT scan to save even more lives. Ascension St.

Hancock Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Hancock Health, has kicked off a $3 million fundraising campaign to purchase a dedicated in-house PET/CT scanner. GREENFIELD — Hancock Health ...