Ming Yang, M.D.

Closed for Enrollment

• Clinical Protocol Development on a PET/MR System Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The objective of this pilot research protocol is to evaluate the quality of PET from the SIGNA PET/MR system and to compare the quantitative accuracy of PET images from the PET/MR system to PET images from a standard PET/CT system. 

• Staging of Untreated Patients With Very High-risk and High-risk Prostate Carcinoma Utilizing Hybrid C11-choline PET/MR and Pelvic Multiparametric MRI for Personalized Precise Treatment: a Pilot Study Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The purpose of this study is to find out if a PET/MR scan in combination with standard MRI and CT scans can improve the early detection and treatment of patients with prostate cancer.