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.

What Is a PET Scan? A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is a type of imaging study that can help doctors see what’s happening inside your body and how it’s working. This can help them understand ...

When it comes to diagnostic imaging of your heart—such as MRI, CT, SPECT, PET—it can be overwhelming to know what kind of scan is right for you. What is your doctor looking for, and what exactly does ...

This article was originally published in the 2025 Equine Research Horizons, a publication of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. Reprinted with permission.Dr. Mathieu Spriet is an Associate ...

USA: Researchers have found in a study of 112 patients that Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET/CT detected and localized recurrent prostate ...

Medicare has proposed expanding its coverage of PET scans that are used to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease. The proposal would abolish a nationwide policy that limited the scans to one per lifetime ...

WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...

Grey Matters Health (CSE:GREY, OTCQB:AGNPD, FRA:AGW0) announced that it has signed a professional services agreement with ProScan Reading Services to interpret brain PET scans from its planned ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tauklarify ™ (florquinitau F 18 injection) for positron emission tomography (PET) of the brain in adults with cognitive impairment who are being ...