A PET scan is a scan of the brain to see what's going on inside. It is used for cancer patients to find out exactly where the tumor is and make surgery easier.
A full body PET scan can take 30 to 45 minutes. A scan of a single lamp or a single organ can take as little as 10 minutes.
He'll yes.
No you cannot smoke before a PET scan because it will alter the results and it will be detecting in you system which may cause problems with the scanning process.
A PET scan can have a negative effect on a kidney. If dye is used, this can cause a problem for some people. It is also good for detecting illness, though.
A PET scan is a scan of the brain to see what's going on inside. It is used for cancer patients to find out exactly where the tumor is and make surgery easier.
cat scan
Are you talking about a PET scan?
A PET scan shows what level / stage (if any) the cancer is at. An MRI scan doesn't do this, the reader, looks for abnormalities on the scan which shows up everything in the body.
Yes, but bone scan has to be completed first.
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A PET scan, or Positron Emission Tomography, is used to scan internal organs for abnormalities, like tumors, or cancer. PET scans for animals may cost hundreds, or thousands of dollars, depending on the size of the animal, and the complexity of the scan.
A full body PET scan can take 30 to 45 minutes. A scan of a single lamp or a single organ can take as little as 10 minutes.
$92,000
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A PET scan uses radioisotope decay by detecting the pair of annihilation photons emitted during the decay process.