A heart PET scan is an imaging tool, offering information on blood flow and heart health. Learn more about how this scan helps with diagnosing heart conditions.

Heart scans for pets can now be carried out at home. The Pet Vet Warrington has launched the new mobile cardiology service as ...

When it comes to diagnostic imaging of your heart—such as MRI, CT, SPECT, PET—it can be ... There is a new movement among cardiologists to use positron emission tomography, or PET scans, ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses radiation to show activity in the body on a cellular level. It can help detect heart disease and other conditions. The scan typically takes 30–60 ...

In some cases, the heart muscle may become damaged due to a heart attack or other condition. PET scans can show whether the damaged tissue is still able to function and can help cardiologists ...

A new PET/CT imaging technique that visualizes activated fibroblasts in the heart muscle enables early detection of multiple ...

Learn more from WebMD about high-tech tests for heart disease, including CT scans, PET scans, total body CT scans, calcium-score screening, and coronary CT angiography.

In a small study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart may identify people who will go on to develop Parkinson's ...

Early detection Heart and brain PET scans from a study participant who developed Parkinson’s disease support a “body first” progression. The top scans show low 18 F-dopamine-derived radioactivity in ...

Positron emission tomography, or PET, scans have long been used to diagnose cancer and determine how far it has progressed. With the introduction of a PET scanner in July 2024, LMH Health is using ...

The median distance a U.S. resident had to travel to access a cardiac PET in 2021 was 19.7 km, or approximately 12 miles. Approximately 44.2 million people lived more than 100 km away from a ...

A previous clinical trial—comparing scans from patients with coronary artery disease who underwent both PET and SPECT imaging, followed by invasive angiography—demonstrated an increase in ...