PET Scans of the Brain
Current as of: March 28, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD – Family Medicine & Howard B. Schaff, MD – Diagnostic Radiology
Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. Figure 1 is a PET scan that shows normal activity in a healthy brain. Figure 2 is a PET scan of a brain in a person with Alzheimer’s disease. The gray area outlined on Figure 2 shows lower levels of brain activity.