Computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans help doctors detect everything from cancer to kidney stones.
Getting one's calcium score is as simple as getting a quick injection of a contrast agent in the arm and a zap from an ultrafast X ray, either by electron beam computed tomography .
Davidson's tools are the new technologies of brain science: quantitative electrophysiology, positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
WMIS Welcomes CMS Decision: Expanding Coverage for FDG-PET and Ending NOPR Data The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final decision memorandum concluding that FDG Position Emission Tomography (PET) is nationally covered to guide subsequent management of anti-tumor strategy, and the agency ended the requirement for prospective data collection. (PRWeb June 18, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10840812.htm
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Zahi Hawass in TopNews The DNA tests and computerized tomography (CT) scans, to be performed at Cairo University, should be finished by December,said Hawass.
Jim Hunter in FOXNews I'm going for a PET (positron emission tomography) scan - that's when they run dye through your system and find out whether the tumor is gone or in remission or whatever,said Hunter, recalling how this journey began at Talladega Superspeedway...