Shown are PET scans that track tau (top row) and beta-amyloid from two normal older people and a patient with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The normal older adult on the left has no brain amyloid ...

Explorer is much faster than a normal PET scan. It can turn out a whole-body diagnostic scan in less than 30 seconds.

These are used to aid in diagnosis and guide treatment. The scan itself takes 20 to 30 minutes. PET scans are considered to be safe. The main risk arises from exposure to radiation during the test.

UC Berkeley researchers are finding that brain imaging shows promise as a method of detecting early signs of Alzheimer's disease. On the left is a PET scan showing normal levels of glucose ...

A technician with Front Range Mobile Imaging points out the difference between a normal PET scan (top) and an abnormal scan (bottom). With the help of FRMI's state of the art traveling PET/CT scan ...

Using PET scans instead of SPECT scans resulted in increased rates of diagnosis of severe obstructive coronary artery disease from 70 percent to 79 percent. PET scans were associated with a lower ...