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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.
A newly identified side effect of popular weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may interfere with medical imaging and ...
The uEXPLORER total-body PET scanner at UC Davis will be used in a new project to look at the underlying causes of long COVID symptoms. (UC Davis photo) Using total-body PET imaging to get a better ...
Curium’s new Oxford site will produce PET tracers, expanding access to advanced cancer diagnostics for Oxford, the Midlands, ...
Researchers have reported that the widespread use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists – prescribed for diabetes and ...
The findings, presented at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress in Barcelona, arose after radiologists ...
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - At Onslow Memorial Hospital, we pride ourselves on offering a broad range of diagnostic and interventional radiology services designed to provide quick and accurate results ...
A multicenter study led by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI), Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph ...
Essentia Health in Duluth now has a new tool to help diagnose Alzheimer’s, and it’s the first of its kind in the Northland. The amyloid PET Scan machine helps detect signs of the plaques that build up ...
A preclinical evaluation of a new ’dual-mode’ tracer agent shows promise in not only helping surgeons image and plan prostate cancer procedures, but also provide them with much more consistent and ...
A new study warns that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may cause false cancer signals on PET-CT scans, ...