What is a PET scan?

Important fact for those about to have a PET scan. The dye used to visualize your anatomy binds to glucose in the body. So you should be very certain to avoid eating anything the night before your test. if you are in the hospital the night before your PET scan, be sure you are not getting anything with DEXTROSE in your IV.

it will make the entire scan light up, completely invalidating the scan.

Positron emission tomography, also called PET imaging or a PET scan, is a diagnostic examination that involves the acquisition of physiologic images based on the detection of radiation from the emission of positrons. Positrons are tiny particles emitted from a radioactive substance administered to the patient. The subsequent images of the human body developed with this technique are used to evaluate a variety of diseases.

Positron emission tomography...many articles on the web...just do a search. I have listed one website below.

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