PET imaging confirms direct involvement of dopamine in cognitive flexibility
For the first time, scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility, according ...
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Caffeine can interfere with PET scan results
Drinking coffee before having a PET scan may interfere with the results seen ... the beverage can cause distortions and present a false image.
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Radiation protection during PET/CT
The PET scan shows areas with increased metabolic activity, while the CT scan shows detailed anatomical locations. A combination of these two images enables a doctor ... The radiation exposure from 18 ...
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PET and PET-CT Imaging of Gynecological Malignancies: Present Role and Future Promise
30 patients of endometrial cancer were investigated and the FDG-PET imaging results were compared with CT and/or MRI and the results of postoperative histopathological results. [76] With regard to ...
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Avoid Coffee Before Undergoing PET/ CT scans
Researchers at Saint Louis University have suggested that patients going for PET or ... for PET or CT scan should avoid drinking coffee as caffeine intake interferes with PET/CT image results ...