PET scans can detect amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain, which are often early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. But they’re not enough on their own to make a diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is ...

Professor of Medical Imaging at the University of Arizona Lars Furenlid, the project’s lead researcher. Professor of Radiology at UMass Chan Medical School Michael King. In order to better study and ...

Essentially, a brain scan is a picture of the inside of the skull. They’re typically obtained by technicians using either a ...

A more refined approach to the precise removal of brain tumors is on the horizon. The long-anticipated advancement, made achievable through the adaptation of tumor imaging processes employing positron ...

Submillimetre-resolution PET has been demonstrated by several research groups. Indeed, the QST team previously built a PET scanner with 0.55 mm resolution – sufficient to visualize the thalamus and ...

A novel PET imaging approach can effectively quantify a key enzyme associated with brain inflammation, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The ...

Parkinson's disease affects more than 1.1 million people in the United States, progressively damaging the brain cells that ...

A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans could reveal hidden inflammation ...

PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

Brain imaging tools are useful for identifying correlations between symptoms and brain activity. Approximately two-thirds of those hospitalized for Covid-19 experience at least one neurological ...