Rachel works as a CRNA where she provides anesthesia care across the lifespan, including pediatric anesthesia, with a primary focus on orthopedic anesthesia. She is also an Assistant Professor at the ...

In this combined PET/MRI scan of a tumor in a lab mouse, the colored area is the PET scan image. The arrow points to a hole, probably dying tissue, in the middle of the tumor. Two kinds of body ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a sophisticated medical imaging technique. It uses a radioactive tracer to pinpoint differences in tissues on the molecular level. A whole-body PET scan can ...

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the heart is an imaging test that uses specialized dye to allow your doctor to view problems with your heart. The dye contains radioactive tracers, which ...

Carly Bartuccio talks with event attendees about the new PET-CT scanner at a ribbon-cutting. Nothing can replace the caring touch of a health care worker, nor the expert clinical decision-making of a ...

So you’re unlucky enough to be hit with the real C-word: cancer. That sucks. But what can be worse is that many current medical scanning techniques come with large levels of radiation. The current ...

PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

PET/CT scanners have become an invaluable imaging tool in clinical oncology because of their ability to measure metabolic activity and evaluate potentially malignant cells. This is not the case for ...

Illustration showing the locations of the two PET detectors and the sampling pattern used to image the cylindrical phantom (the red circle). (Courtesy: Med. Phys. 10.1002/mp.13397) Molecular imaging ...