Starting a cardiac PET program can be quite an undertaking, in part because the upfront cost of buying a scanner is extremely expensive. We are involved from the very beginning of the process to ...
There are upfront costs, particularly if the site does not already have a PET scanner. Additionally, a full-time cardiac PET imaging program requires a commitment for a monthly generator ...
CT scans, MRI, 3-dimensional echocardiography (3-D echo), and PET/CT. "It's a new era we're at the tipping point right now," says Robert M. Steiner, MD, FACC, director of cardiac and pulmonary ...
A PET scan is an imaging test that uses a specialty form of radioactive sugar to help doctors identify conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and neurological disorders. Doctors may recommend a ...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) at the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila has acquired the country’s first government-owned positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) ...