More than half of patients with neurosarcoidosis present primarily with neurological ... CT-chest showed extensive mediastinal lymphadenopathy that was also demonstrated on PET-scan (positron emission ...

Preparing for a PET scan requires switching to a no-sugar diet the day before the scan. People with diabetes may have special instructions regarding medications. Doctors typically schedule PET ...

Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that profoundly alters a person’s memory and cognitive function, affects an estimated ...

If a pet is found, veterinarian offices and shelters can scan the pet for a chip, which will provide information about owners and their contact information. "When will Save This Life make a ...

GU ASCO annual meeting featured a kidney cancer session and a presentation by Dr. Michael Staehler discussing 18 F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT for response assessment in patients with metastatic renal cell ...

The study also introduces a promising diagnostic approach using PET scans to measure P2X7 receptor activity in the brain. By tracking a P2X7-specific tracer shortly after injury, researchers were able ...

Radium-223 is an alpha-emitting radiopharmaceutical that accumulates in areas of high bone turnover and has demonstrated a survival benefit in metastatic prostate cancer, 1 but its benefits as a ...

Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its ...

these are also called somatostatin receptor scintigraphy scans tektroyd scans gallium dotatate PET (positron emission tomography) scans You might also have an mIBG scan, but this is less common now.

Positron emission tomography (PET) scans create images to show how well organs or tissues in the body are functioning or look for the presence of disease. PET scans are routinely used in combination ...