A chest X-ray or CT scan often incidentally finds lung nodules which are small growths While most lung nodules are benign ...

Interstitial lung disease is characterized by scarring ... Dr. Watanabe and his team focused on PET/CT scan, a nuclear imaging test that is able to detect inflammation in the whole body.

In interpreting a PET Scan – Lung Cancer Accuracy, he says some challenges in accurately diagnosing the disease exist. He advises patients navigating lung cancer screening or a lung cancer ...

It is a highly sensitive imaging technique used in oncology, cardiology, neurology and in infectious and inflammatory diseases. The information from the PET scan and from the CT scan is different but ...

The annual incidence of cardiac sarcoidosis is low, but increased awareness of this inflammatory condition has led to earlier ...

More conventional methods of diagnosing the disease include a needle biopsy ... an imaging procedure detected a nodule on her lung and a PET scan found a small lump in her breast.