A positron emission tomography, or PET, scan is a type of imaging test that a doctor may prescribe to search the body for evidence of certain diseases as well as to see how far any of those diseases may have progressed. A special dye with radioactive tracers is injected, inhaled, or swallowed ... [Read More]
PET Scan
Understanding Your PET Scan Results
When you or a loved one faces a catastrophic disease, you want to make sure you leave no stone unturned when it comes to getting the right diagnosis. One extremely reliable test is the PET (positron emission tomography) scan. Every year, nearly two million PET scans are performed on patients to ... [Read More]
Are There any Potential Side Effects of a PET Scan?
A Positron Emission Tomography – PET – scan sounds scary, but don’t worry. The nuclear medicine procedure isn’t dangerous in the least. A PET scan delivers images of the body’s biological functions and is apt to detect diseases more quickly than other imaging procedures such as an MRI (magnetic r ... [Read More]
