Positron emission tomography (PET) is a type of imaging scan that doctors might use when diagnosing and treating non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). It can be useful for identifying and staging the cancer.
Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...
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 ...
TULSA, Okla. — Ascension St. John is doing their part to make the fight against cancer as easy as possible. They were the first in the state to launch a mobile PET scan unit. A PET/CT scan can be a ...
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.
In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Specht is joined via Zoom by study co-lead, Heather Jacene, MD, of Brigham and Women's ...
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 ...
In the battle against cancer, doctors are always looking for new technology that will help them to treat their patients. One faculty member at Georgetown has contributed to the fight against the ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the Siemens Biograph mMR system, which is the first device able to conduct a PET scan and an MRI scan at the same time, according to an FDA news release.
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A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is a diagnostic tool that examines body tissue functioning, such as blood flow, oxygen use, and sugar metabolism, to help doctors diagnose and treat disease.
LECOM Health Corry Memorial Hospital (CMH) has successfully launched a Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography ...
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