hypermetabolic activity posterior to the bladder. SUV is 6.5.
Hypermetabolic activity ranging up to 6.46 on a PET scan can mean one or two things. It can either mean you have cancer or an infection.
It means that the tissue is absorbing the radioactive sugar they injected you with prior to the PET scan. Different tissues absorb this at different rates and hypermetabolic means that the target tissue is absorbing the sugar at rates above the norm (as happens with infected/inflammed tissue and cancer cells).
A PET scan shows what level / stage (if any) the cancer is at. An MRI scan doesn't do this, the reader, looks for abnormalities on the scan which shows up everything in the body.
You can not eat carbohydrates before a Pet scan because it can show a raise in activity and metabolism in your body. This is because your body breaks down carbohydrates to store energy and the scan will show an inaccurate reading.
the two procedures are the PET scan and the fMRI
PET scan
cat scan
Do you mean PET scan? That is a scan for cancer metastases, I believe.
Are you talking about a PET scan?
PET scans are used most often to find tumors and cancer. They're also used to look at brain activity and also used in heart disease diagnosis.
The technique is called positron emission tomography (PET). It involves injecting a radioactive form of glucose into the bloodstream, which is then taken up by active brain regions. The scanner detects the emitted positrons to create a map of brain activity.
What does mediastinal blood pool maximum SUV is 2.5 on a PET scan?