Functional Imaging
Research literature indicates that PET-FDG scans are much more sensitive at detecting brain injuries than conventional CT or MRI imaging.
Z-Map Analysis
Statistical Z-Map Analysis allows for more sensitive and accurate observer independent detection of brain injuries than conventional PET scan visual reads.
Imaging Site Options
UCI Brain Imaging
UCI has the world's highest-resolution PET scanner.
Non-UCI PET Scans
We also accept and analyze statistically PET scans from most other facilities. Please contact us for details.
Insights
Traumatic Brain Injury
PET scans can detect significant statistical differences in brain metabolism after TBI even when MRI scans are read as normal.
Hypoxic Injuries
Carbon Monoxide poisoning or near-drowning results in significant aberrations in brain metabolism even when MRI scans are read as normal.
Epilepsy and Seizures
Negative EEG does not exclude the possibility of epilepsy or seizures. PET scans can detect evidence of brain metabolic abnormalities consistent with epilepsy or seizures which can occur not-infrequently after TBI. Epilepsy/Seizures do not require chronic tonic-clonic motor convulsions and can manifest as absence with bouts of staring spells and inattentiveness.
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