What scanning techniques are used to detect cancer?

What scanning techniques are used to detect cancer?

There are a multitude of them. The most common ones are known as CT scans, or CAT scans. The formal name is Computer Tomography. There are MRI scans, which are also known as Magnetic Resonance Imaging. There are ultrasounds, and there are PET scans, known as Positron Emission Tomography. Each one has a different advantage, a different disadvantage. Based upon what you're looking for or what you're trying to delineate, determines which one you would use.