A newly developed cardiac PET imaging technique offers a simpler way to detect significant coronary artery disease—eliminating the need for complex scanning protocols. This innovative approach, which ...

A heart PET scan is a noninvasive imaging test that uses a small amount of radiation. It helps doctors understand how the heart functions and whether it is healthy. Cardiac or heart PET scans create ...

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.

When it comes to diagnostic imaging of your heart – such as MRI, CT, SPECT, PET – it can be overwhelming to know what kind of scan is right for you. What is your doctor looking for, and what exactly ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A strategy involving shared cardiac PET scans and frequent follow-up improved CV risk and outcomes vs. standard ...

Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), and myocardial fibrosis plays a central role in the pathophysiology process.

Heart imaging tests provide a picture of the heart, blood vessels, and surrounding tissue to help diagnose and monitor conditions that affect this organ. A doctor can use the images from these tests ...

The study by Choi et al 6 is of interest for a variety of reasons. Their radiomics model was able to predict clinical interpretation of cardiac FDG uptake patterns with good predictive accuracy. In ...

Figure 1. Exercise/rest measurements of the standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) are used with an exponential calibration function to estimate myocardial flow reserve (MFR). This allows (i) the ...