Karin Rexroad peeks through the bore of the PET-CT scanner at LMH Health. Positron emission tomography, or PET, scans have long been used to diagnose cancer and determine how far it has progressed.
Advanced Cardiology and Electrophysiology in Lufkin is now the first clinic in East Texas to offer cardiac PET/CT scanning - ...
When it comes to diagnostic imaging of your heart – such as MRI, CT, SPECT, PET – it can be overwhelming to know what kind of scan is right for you. What is your doctor looking for, and what exactly ...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a major study showing how positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart could be used to find people likely to get Parkinson’s disease or ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A strategy involving shared cardiac PET scans and frequent follow-up improved CV risk and outcomes vs. standard ...
A new PET/CT imaging technique that visualizes activated fibroblasts in the heart muscle enables early detection of multiple forms of cardiomyopathy, according to research presented at the Society of ...
Pretreatment 18 F-FDG PET/CT scans from three study populations (N = 100, N = 39, N = 70) were used, comprising two single-institutional protocols and one publicly available data set. A clinician (V.J ...
GE HealthCare GEHC recently unveiled new advancements in precision cardiac care at the 2025 SNMMI annual meeting in New Orleans, with a spotlight on Flyrcado—its FDA-approved Positron Emission ...
Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide. To save lives, constantly improving diagnostic and risk assessments is vital. One researcher from the University of ...
In a small study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart may identify people who will go on to develop Parkinson’s ...