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What is nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology or a PET scan?

April 26, 2017Cardiology Medicine nuclear pet scan

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What is nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology or a PET scan?

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Nuclear medicine or nuclear cardiology scans (for example, positron emission tomography, or PET) use a radioactive isotope to trace the activity or inactivity of the cells in a body. It can detect damaged or nonfunctioning areas and is particularly good at showing the brain, at examining cancer cell activity or showing damaged parts of organs (such as the heart).