PSMA PET/CT trial will scan up to 1000 men in the UKA new kind of scan that could be key to improving the treatment of high-risk prostate cancer is ...

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses a tracer with low levels of radiation to find places in your body where cells are unusually active—which can mean they're cancerous. A PET scan can ...

Experts advise adjusting to a low carb, no-sugar diet 24 hours before your PET scan. Consuming sugar can interfere with the test results because the scan uses radioactive sugar as a tracer.

Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that profoundly alters a person’s memory and cognitive function, affects an estimated 6.7 million U.S. adults at least 65 years old, according to the ...

More information: Karla M. Ramos-Torres et al, Imaging Demyelinated Axons After Spinal Cord Injuries with PET Tracer [18F]3F4AP, Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.268242 ...

In this process a tracer like fluorodeoxyglucose is injected in the body that can be traced with the help of the tomography machine. Drinking coffee before having a PET scan will interfere with ...

The authors note that PET scans can also be expensive and expose ... requirement for a lower administered dose of the F18 PBR06 tracer being used. The tracer also produces better imaging ...

Researchers at Saint Louis University have suggested that patients going for PET or CT scan should avoid drinking coffee as caffeine intake Researchers at Saint Louis University have suggested ...

“PET uses a radioactive tracer to visualise molecular activity in the body. Typically, a PET scan is performed alongside a chest CT scan. The two scans are fused to provide combined information ...