Nonetheless, the isotopes used for PET imaging decay so rapidly that after only 24 hours ... No. Although the scan involves injection of a radioactive substance, which will lead to radiation exposure ...

Both PET scans use a radioactive tracer to visualize specific body areas. Before the scan, a person is required to ingest, inhale, or receive an injection of a dye containing radioactive tracers ...

PET/CT is a useful tool to map out the possible sites where the cancer first originated. PET/CT is a form of hybrid imaging that combines computed tomography (CT), an anatomical imaging, with ...