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...tomography scan. This extremely powerful test screens your body's function rather than its structure; by visualizing cellular activity, it shows abnormal processes, such as those associated with cancers and metabolic dysfunction. The PET can spot tumors and other problems that may not be detectable with traditional MRI or CT scans. It also gives information about heart disease and many neurological disorders like Alzheimer's. Cost...
...group got its start around 1990 in Houston, with Beyonce and LaTavia Roberson, who were soon joined by Kelendria ("Kelly") Rowland and LeToya Luckett. Mathew Knowles, Beyonce's father, took over as manager, eventually quitting his job selling MRI and CT scanners. Although based in the Lone Star State, the group turned to Motown for inspiration...
...Engineers began their weekend sweep Friday night with a thrilling 5-4 comeback win over Yale (6-6-0, 4-6-0) in New Haven, CT...
...many of these cases, says Dr. Carolyn Cidis Meltzer, who with Townsend is a co-director of the University of Pittsburgh pet facility, the use of the PET/CT machine has resulted in decisions to modify or change treatment. In one case a standard CT scan had detected a tumor on the left side of a patient's neck but none elsewhere. "When CTs are read and you look for a spread of tumor to the lymph nodes," Meltzer explains, "all you're able to look at is the size of the lymph node...
...CT shows that a lymph node is less than one centimeter in size, it is considered to be normal. But on the PET/CT, Meltzer says, "we saw a very small lymph node in the right side of the neck that we thought was involved with the tumor." A biopsy that otherwise would not have been performed confirmed her suspicion...