Imaging with equipment that combines positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) provides the special benefits of both in one procedure. It is a highly sensitive imaging technique ...

Are members of the nursing and ancillary staff at risk when taking care of patients after PET/CT examination? No, there is no significant risk to the staff taking care of these patients. Radiation ...

PET is of great benefit as a diagnostic tool in ovarian carcinoma when there is increase in serum CA-125 and computed tomography (CT)/MRI or conventional imaging are inconclusive or negative.

A PET scan uses small amounts of radioactive material to detect diseases such as cancer, heart failure and brain disorders by showing how tissues and organs function. A CT scan provides cross ...

Two anti-transferrin receptor (TfR) nanobodies, V H H123 specific for mouse TfR and V H H188 specific for human TfR (huTfR) were used to track transplants non-invasively by PET/CT in mouse models, ...

Currently, the PET-CT scan procedure can accommodate eight patients daily, but Legaspi said plans are in place to scale up to 15 patients as operations become more regular. The UP-PGH is also ...

On when should a patient get a PET scan for lung cancer evaluation, Dr Mutua says if a chest x-ray or chest CT scan reveals suspicious findings, a PET scan is the next appropriate step.

When independent, masked reviewers evaluated the scans of 246 patients who underwent both PET-CT and traditional CT imaging within 3 months of their last dose of a first-line regimen of rituximab ...

That's changing with the advent of new imaging technology: CT scans, MRI, 3-dimensional echocardiography (3-D echo), and PET/CT ... have involved a cardiac cath procedure, which can take an ...

Daniel Oguna, a PET CT technologist prepares a patient for a scan procedure at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. [Photo: Standard] The latest and most advanced scan for evaluation of patients ...