Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital announced March 16 the installation of an equine positron emission tomography scanner at the Lexington hospital. A PET scanner is used for diagnostic imaging in select ...

SynchroPET, a Long Island startup company, has entered into an option agreement to commercialize a new small-scale, portable brain-imaging device invented by scientists at the U.S. Department of ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) is an important tool for studying the animal model of human diseases and the development of new drugs and new therapies. Patients undergoing a positron emission ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two kinds of body imaging -- positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging -- have been combined for the first time in a single scanner. Combining the two types of scan in a single ...

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 ...

UC Davis Health's first-of-its-kind total body scanner EXPLORER is being given yet another new assignment—assessing how cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other systemic conditions, can affect the ...

At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging. With a ...

Medicare may cover positron emission tomography (PET) scans. If you have a PET scan as an inpatient, Part A will typically cover costs. If you are an outpatient, Part B will cover eligible expenses.