A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans could reveal hidden inflammation ...
PET scans showing brain estrogen receptor (ER) density in a premenopausal (left) and a postmenopausal (right) woman. The color scale reflects brain ER density, with brighter colors indicating more ...
A Brigham and Women’s Hospital study of 30 people found that, in patients with MS, advanced brain imaging could identify hidden inflammation not picked up on traditional MRIs The new technique could ...
Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...
At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging. With a ...
The ability to follow patients with this high sensitivity allows us to make a more accurate and precise measurement, and we can see small changes or see them in a shorter period of time…,” ...
Medicare Part B covers outpatient PET scans when ordered by a doctor and considered medically necessary. PET scan costs can vary depending on whether you have the scan in a hospital as an inpatient, ...
It's widely recognized that psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety disorders are based in the brain. Scientists have even started to discover which brain areas are involved in different ...
It's widely recognized that psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety disorders are based in the brain. Scientists have even started to discover which brain areas are involved in different ...