When Memory Changes Raise Questions Mild forgetfulness, trouble finding words, or new confusion can be unsettling—for patients and for families. When these changes appear, the first step is clarity. At PET Imaging Institute of Florida, we provide that clarity with amyloid PET brain scans—advanced imaging that helps your physician determine whether Alzheimer’s disease–related amyloid plaques […]
PET Scanning For Prostate Cancer If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, there are often many questions left unanswered. A doctor may suggest having a PET scan as part of an overall plan for treatment and monitoring recurrence or progression of the disease. This guide provides insights into the role […]
PET Imaging Institute of South Florida is proud to offer newly available NETSPOT (Gallium 68-Dotatate) scan: A novel PET/CT tracer for the detection of Neuro Endocrine Tumors (NETs) NETSPOT, the new tracer for Gallium 68-Dotatate scan, is the next generation of OCTREOSCAN. It is a form of octreotide, which binds to a receptor on many […]
What is Prostate Cancer? Prostate cancer is a tumor that forms in the tissues of the prostate gland, a urogenital organ found only in males. Normally, a prostate gland is small about the size of a walnut. It’s located deep in the pelvis under the bladder and sits directly in front of the rectum. The […]
Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT)? Positron emission tomography also called a PET/CT scan, is a nuclear medicine exam that produces a three-dimensional image of functional processes in the body. A PET scan uses a small amount of a radioactive drug to show differences between healthy and diseased tissue. The diagnostic images produced by PET are […]
PET/CT changes patient management approximately two-thirds of the time Useful for diagnosis, staging, monitoring treatment effectiveness, restaging, guiding biopsies/surgery/radiation, following for recurrence Diagnosis at early stages: based on metabolic characteristics of a tumor as well as anatomical data, therefore, detection of disease is often possible sooner than with strictly anatomical exams. Allows physicians to characterize […]