PET Scan in Arameri, Kodagu, Karnataka

Positron emission tomography uses radioactive tracers to show metabolic activity, used in cancer staging and brain disorders.

Types of PET Scan

PET scans differ mainly by the tracer used — FDG-PET (using radioactive glucose) is most common for cancer and brain imaging, while specialized tracers like PSMA-PET are used for prostate cancer and amyloid-PET for Alzheimer's evaluation. It is increasingly performed as a combined PET-CT for both metabolic and anatomical detail.

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