Digital FDG PET/CT can pick up cranial giant cell arteritis that may be missed on ultrasound because of a lack of trunk large ...

NEW ORLEANS, La.—Combined positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scanning of patients in the early stages of ovarian cancer can enable physicians to determine whether the ...

(WNDU) - A PET scan is an imaging test that doctors traditionally use to evaluate patients for cancer, but it requires a dose of radiation, and a patient needs to lie still for 30 minutes or more. If ...

A macrophage-targeted PET/CT tracer predicts anti-TNF response in rheumatoid arthritis at baseline and four weeks, enabling ...

June 3, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) — Preoperative imaging with 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) appears to more accurately identify patients with mediastinal and extrathoracic ...

Association of ABCB1 polymorphism and erlotinib toxicity with efficacy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Background: Up to one-third of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients are ...

For patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), PET/CT scans conducted in the first cycle of salvage therapy can predict for response, according to a study. Results of a prospective study of ...

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Lexington Medical Center (LMC), announced that it is now offering Positron Emission Tomography — Computed Tomography (PET/CT) services. Positron emission tomography (PET) ...

TULSA, Okla. — Ascension St. John is doing their part to make the fight against cancer as easy as possible. They were the first in the state to launch a mobile PET scan unit. A PET/CT scan can be a ...

Advanced Cardiology and Electrophysiology in Lufkin is now the first clinic in East Texas to offer cardiac PET/CT scanning - ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a type of imaging scan that doctors might use when diagnosing and treating non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). It can be useful for identifying and staging the cancer.