What is a PET scan?
Positron Emission Tomography, PET is a nuclear medicine imaging test that helps the doctor to check cancer in your body. The scan uses a small amount of liquid radioactive tracer which is injected into the body and is used to diagnose a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers and brain and heart disease. The most […]
What are the risks of a PET scan?
What are the risks of a pet scan? PET scan is a very safe and routine procedure. The substances used in PET scanning are not associated with any side effects, so you should feel no different after the scan. Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, you can resume normal activities after a PET scan. Still, […]
What are the benefits of PET Imaging?.
The combined PET CT imaging provides both structural and functional imaging of the body tissues and organs in a single imaging session providing a more robust diagnosis than either scan can produce independently. PET CT scan is an imaging test that helps reveal how your tissues and organs are functioning. This scan can sometimes detect disease […]