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A PET scan can often detect the atypical metabolism of the tracer in diseases before the disease shows up on other imaging tests, such as computerized ...
A choline C-11 PET scan is an imaging test that uses a radioactive tracer to look for fast-growing cells in the body, including cancer cells.
A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that helps reveal how a patient's tissues and organs are functioning. It can be used to detect ...
Find out how healthcare professionals use the choline C-11 PET scan to detect recurrent prostate cancer sooner than is possible with standard tests.
Some of the machines are combined PET and CT scanners, which yield enhanced images. Mayo Clinic also combines PET and MRI scans in some situations. Innovation.
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My father just started chemotherapy for lymphoma, and he is scheduled for a positron emission tomography or PET scan after his first three ...
The purpose of this study is to determine if octreotide scans are more sensitive than PET scans for diagnosing carcinoid or neuroendocrine tumors. PET (Positron ...
Radiologists and scientists who have training in PET scans and other imaging technologies study how best to use PET scans to predict and diagnose a wide range ...
Mayo Clinic has installed a new PET/CT scanner that will dramatically improve imaging quality and speed for patients, especially for the diagnosis and ...
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