PET imaging study reveals how ketamine relieves treatment-resistant depression

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, and approximately 30% of patients develop treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a condition that does not respond ...
Medscape

PET Scan at Diagnosis May Help to Predict Aneurysm Risk in Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis

PET scans may serve as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool in giant cell arteritis (GCA), according to a new study. In over 100 patients with GCA who underwent 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET ...
Lawrence Journal-World

LMH Health uses PET scans to benefit cardiac patients

Karin Rexroad peeks through the bore of the PET-CT scanner at LMH Health. Positron emission tomography, or PET, scans have long been used to diagnose cancer and determine how far it has progressed.

Are tau PET scans 'lighting up' too much of the brain in Alzheimer's disease?

Tau proteins play an important role in Alzheimer's disease. Tau helps to stabilize neurons in the brain, but in Alzheimer's disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons. These tangles ...
AOL

Will Medicare Pay for PET Scans?

Medicare Part B covers outpatient PET scans when ordered by a doctor and considered medically necessary. PET scan costs can vary depending on whether you have the scan in a hospital as an inpatient, ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

PET scans create 3D images of the body at cellular level

Q: My wife is 59 years old. She had COVID-19 but recovered. A recent chest X-ray shows a white patch on her lung. She doesn’t have a cough or a fever, and her pulmonologist wants her to have a PET ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: Pet scan create 3D images of the body at cellular level

PET scans examine the tissues of the body at a cellular level. Because these tests can measure metabolic activity, such as oxygen use, blood flow and the rate at which specific areas of the body are ...
CURE

FDA Approves Pylarify TruVu to Expand Prostate Cancer Imaging

FDA approves Pylarify TruVu, a new prostate cancer PET imaging agent designed to expand access and improve detection of recurrent or metastatic disease.
Forbes

Medicare Now Pays For A Common Alzheimer’s Test, But Is It Reliable?

WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...

MyMichigan Sault now offers advanced prostate cancer detection scans

"This technology gives us a powerful tool to detect prostate cancer earlier and more precisely,” said Dr. James Howard.
University of California, San Francisco

Are Tau PET Scans “Lighting Up” Too Much of the Brain?

Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.