The FDA-approved imaging agent for detecting coronary artery disease gained Medicare and Medicaid coverage starting April 1.

Chest pains, heart flutters, heart attack-- they are the signposts of heart troubles. In the past, such symptoms might mean a treadmill stress test or a cardiac catheterization to diagnose the ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

A nuclear medicine technique that measures the metabolic activity of cells in body tissues has been making strides in the battle against cancer. Positron emission tomography, commonly known as PET ...

A typical PET scan uses small amounts of radioactive material to detect diseases such as cancer and heart conditions, while a CT scan uses x-rays to capture cross-sectional images of internal organs.