Radiologists play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. They are the medical doctors who are licensed and specially trained to use medical imaging technologies. Your primary care doctor or specialist will refer you to a radiologist for X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and other ... [Read More]
PET Scans
What Exactly Is a PET Scan?
Contrary to what it sounds like, a PET scan isn’t scanning a dog or cat for a microchip. Rather, it is a common way of referring to positron emission tomography, an imaging test that uses a small dose of radiation to show activity at the cellular level in the body. PET scans show not only how an o ... [Read More]
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]
All About PET Scans
Technological advances in medicine have given rise to a bewildering array of advanced nuclear medicine tests and diagnostic imaging systems. From PET scans to MRI’s, CT scans to ultrasounds, many patients are confused as to what makes one test different from another. At Independent Imaging, we u ... [Read More]
