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Preparing for a PET scan requires switching to a no-sugar diet the day before the scan. People with diabetes may have special instructions regarding medications. Doctors typically schedule PET scans ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan provides detailed three-dimensional images of your internal body organs and tissue, which helps diagnose a wide range of conditions.

The goal of this investigation was to compare the diagnostic performance of radial T1-weighted gradient-echo (radial volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination [VIBE]) MRI, PET, simultaneous ...

The focus of this case is a 60-year-old man with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung upper lobe, which was diagnosed 4 years earlier. During an attempted resection, he was found to ...

A noninvasive approach for assessing lung inflammation should accelerate efforts to develop drugs for inflammatory lung conditions like cystic fibrosis and pneumonia, scientists at Washington ...

TORONTO, Canada--Positron emission tomography (PET) scans can predict who may develop lung disease after trauma, according to findings made public at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual ...

Researchers have developed a bacteria-targeted PET tracer that lights up lung infections in real time, distinguishing pathogens from inflammation. This technology promises earlier, more accurate ...