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What Is a PET Scan?

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan provides detailed three-dimensional images of your internal body organs and tissue, which helps diagnose a wide range of conditions.
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 ...
PET is able to recognize when a bone injury is severe enough that resting is indicated to prevent breakdown, but PET also ...
Pet microchip scanners have been installed at two Knoxville fire stations in an effort to expedite the return of lost pets to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A new total-body PET/CT scanner at NUH Singapore offers faster, safer, and more comfortable cancer diagnosis for patients.
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital announced March 16 the installation of an equine positron emission tomography scanner at the Lexington hospital. A PET scanner is used for diagnostic imaging in select ...