Does diabetes have any additional radiation risk issues in PET scanning?
No. Although a small amount of radioactive glucose is injected for the PET examination, this will not affect the diabetes. It is important, however, that the PET imaging team are aware that the patient has diabetes, to ensure that the best results can be achieved from the scan and unnecessary radiation dose is avoided.
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