Positron emission tomography (PET) is a  nuclear medicine procedure that produces pictures of the body's biological functions.  This is important because functional change, such as tissue metabolism and physiological functions, often predate structural change.  PET can save time and costs in diagnosis and treatment of many significant disease conditions in the fields of oncology, cardiology, and neurology.  Utilizing PET improves patient care by helping physicians select more effective therapies.

Developed in the 1970s, PET is rapidly emerging into everyday clinical practice.  This leap into mainstream healthcare has been spurred by three components: expanded Medicare coverage, increased availability of PET radiopharmaceuticals from regional suppliers, and improved access to shared PET equipment options.  A recent enhancement to PET has been the fusion of PET and CT equipment providing physiological and structural information at the same time with PET/CT. 

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