An abnormal heart PET scan typically prompts further evaluation and discussions with doctors to determine appropriate management strategies. These may include: The heart PET scan is an invaluable ...

PET scans are effective imaging tests. They can detect abnormal activity in the body and often find cancerous tumors earlier than other imaging tests can. But the degree of accuracy varies with ...

Alzheimer’s disease is often characterized by the presence of abnormal amounts of beta-amyloid ... and block cell functions in the brain. A PET scan is a medical imaging technique that uses ...

Long-COVID patients show signs of inflammation on PET/ MRI scans suggests a new study published in the Jouenal of Nuclear Medicine.The objective of this study is to describe the prevalence ...

They found that tau — the abnormal protein that forms after the destruction of normal brain matter — was present at significantly higher levels on the PET scans of the 26 players, compared to ...

Not to be confused with creatures that we keep as pets, the similarly-named PET scan is an imaging modality used in the medical field.

In 34 people with Parkinson's disease risk factors, researchers conducted PET scans of the heart to gain ... both are brain diseases caused by abnormal deposits of the protein alpha-synuclein ...

had an abnormal whole-body 131 I scan, and 141 patients (64%) had an abnormal PET scan. Patients with FDG-PET performed after withdrawal of levothyroxine had a TSH level of at least 5 mU/l.

Based on their research from the late 1990s, which demonstrated that 18 F-dopamine PET scans could separate three autonomic synuclein disorders (brain diseases characterized by abnormal deposits of ...