PET scans

Spinal taps and PET scans have proven to be effective tools in looking for plaque buildup in at-risk patients, Rosenberg said.

A slew of new books provide some insights into how scientists are supplementing Plato with PET scans, hoping to answer these questions.

PET scans were taken at rest and after inflation of a balloon placed in the subjects' rectums .

Since PET picks up glucose-burning activity in cells, hot spots on PET scans of cancer patients generally indicate actively growing tumors.

DORAISWAMY: Amyloid PET scans are in the late stages of validation testing to see if they can improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis.

Then they underwent PET scans and CT scans to measure the location and metabolic activity of brown fat deposits.

Response will be determined through both physical examinations and imaging tests (CT scans and PET scans).

With PET scans and functional MRI, we can observe fluctuations in brain activity by measuring changes in blood flow and levels of nutrients.

This also meant she could not breastfeed her daughter because of chemotherapy and PET scans, which use radiation.

This area is closely linked to neuroscience and utilizes tools such as MRI and PET scans to look at brain injury or brain abnormalities.

So what we've done is I've started to do PET scans of everybody in the family.

Brain imaging techniques are available, such as MRI and PET scans.