Aug. 13 -- TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- PET scans may provide doctors with a non-invasive method of detecting Alzheimer's disease-related brain plaques, Finnish researchers say. Currently, the ...
UC Davis Health's first-of-its-kind total body scanner EXPLORER is being given yet another new assignment—assessing how cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other systemic conditions, can affect the ...
Dr. Gary Small answers the question: 'MRI, PET Scan for Alzheimer's Diagnosis?' May 4, 2009 -- Question: When are imaging diagnostics, such as an MRI or PET scan, used to determine whether I have ...
Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery—there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...
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, ...
Amrita Hospital in Kerala has patented a novel method for analysing brain scans to accurately identify the origin of seizures in epilepsy patients.