Full-body scans are making headlines for potentially catching diseases early, but some doctors urge caution. Here's what you ...

What Is A Full-Body Scan? The whole body or PET CT scan is a comprehensive examination that uses Computed Tomography (CT) to create detailed images of the entire body, beginning just below the chin.

The PET scan shows areas with increased metabolic activity, while the CT scan shows detailed anatomical locations. A combination of these two images enables a doctor to tell whether a region with high ...