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A list of foods that can be eaten before a pet scan
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Dr. Danny Proffittanswered
Family Medicine 45 years experience
Sophisticated: Positron emission tomography----a pet scan is a very sophisticated scan of the body using injected radio-isotopic materials that are taken up by diffe... Read More
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Dr. Eric Berkowitzanswered
Radiology 24 years experience
Metabolic scan: A pet scan measures the glucose (sugar) consumption of different tissues in your body. Some abnormal tissue will consume more glucose than the surroun... Read More
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Dr. TAPAN CHAUDHURIanswered
Nuclear Medicine 57 years experience
NUCLEAR CT SCAN: Pet scan is one type of nuclear ct scan (other type is called spect scan) that uses gamma rays as opposed to x-rays used in conventional or standard c... Read More
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Dr. Maureen Nashanswered
Geriatric Psychiatry 26 years experience
Functioning: It is a functional test and shows which parts of the body are using the most glucose. This is an indirect measure of how active the cells are.
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Dr. Guido Davidzonanswered
Nuclear Medicine 20 years experience
What is the question: Currently pet scans are widely use for evaluation of glucose metabolism in the body.
In oncology, is use to for initial metabolic characterization o... Read More
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Dr. Joseph Accursoanswered
Radiology 31 years experience
Physiology of lesion: Pet scans most often use a radioactive form of glucose, the energy source for most of the cells in our bodies. The pet scanner can detect and measure... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Maureen Nashanswered
Geriatric Psychiatry 26 years experience
Cancer usually: The most common illnesses studied are various types of cancer. Frontal temporal lobe dementia can be differentiated from alzheimers disease from lewy ... Read More
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Dr. Guido Davidzonanswered
Nuclear Medicine 20 years experience
Approved for cancer: Pet scan are approved for staging, response assessment and surveillance of certain types of cancers. However, any pathologic process that augments the... Read More
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Dr. Thomas Hestonanswered
Family Medicine 31 years experience
Usually cancer: A pet/ct scan is usually used to image glucose metabolism in people with cancer to identify the extent of the cancer. It can also be used to image the... Read More
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5.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Julian Bragganswered
Neurology 19 years experience
Track a tracer: Pet scans make use of tracers, radioactive compounds that bind to specific compounds of interest. The tracer is injected and, after a few minutes, t... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mazen Ghanianswered
Radiology 26 years experience
Several reasons: Lung cancer, breast cancer, testicular and ovarian cancer, recurrent colorectal cancer, lymphoma, melanoma, recurrent brain tumors, tumor-therapy moni... Read More
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Wrong site: This is the HealthTap public site where volunteer docs answer questions about health conditions. It does not offer consults or direct care to anyone. ... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Colton Bradshawanswered
Specializes in Pediatrics
Test heart function: A heart positron emission tomography (pet) scan is an imaging test using a radioactive substance to look for disease or poor blood flow in the heart. ... Read More
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
No: they are pretty benign. The radiation dose is small and it is promptly cleared.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Thomas Birdasanswered
Thoracic Surgery 28 years experience
A few: Lesions below a certain size may be too small to show up on pet (typically around 8 mm). It may show many "abnormal" lesions that may be unrelated to ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Leila Winganswered
Internal Medicine 16 years experience
More info needed: It depends on why your son is getting the pet scan.
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