PET/MRI detects GI cancers more sensitively than PET/CT, with less radiation and excellent soft tissue contrast.

The CT scanner -- which looks like a large donut -- is an X-ray machine ... "CTA and MRI show us that." There is a debate among cardiologists whether PET/CTA is appropriate for heart diagnosis ...

PET/CT is a useful tool to map out the possible sites ... After an hour, the patient is taken to the scan room for the procedure. During the procedure, the patient is required to be still.

[76] With regard to the detection of primary lesions, FDG-PET demonstrated superior results (sensitivity of 96.7%) to CT/MRI (sensitivity of 83.3%). In the evaluation of retroperitoneal lymph node ...

At a median follow-up of 55 months, patients with a positive PET-CT scan had a 6.7-times increased risk of dying compared with patients with a negative PET-CT scan. At 4 years, 63.4% of those who ...

A PET/CT scanner will not be something the BC Cancer Centre Foundation raises money for in its newly launched campaign for ...

However, PET/CT has the potential to provide additional information prior to surgery in a known ovarian malignancy that can be of value in their management. The low resolution of PET has been ...