Karin Rexroad peeks through the bore of the PET-CT scanner at LMH Health. Positron emission tomography, or PET, scans have long been used to diagnose cancer and determine how far it has progressed.

A new PET/CT imaging technique that visualizes activated fibroblasts in the heart muscle enables early detection of multiple forms of cardiomyopathy, according to research presented at the Society of ...

Patients in East Texas now have access to a new, advanced form of heart-imaging technology that physicians say can provide clearer, more accurate evaluations of blood flow to the heart and help detect ...

A PET scan uses radioactive sugar as a tracer, so you’ll need to switch to a low carb, no-sugar diet 24 hours before the scan. This means avoiding bread, pasta, cereal, milk, and starchy vegetables, ...