Mercy Medical Center's Hawkeye Functional Anatomic Mapping combines computed tomography (CT) and the nuclear scanning technique, positron emission tomography (PET). The Hawkeye system uses the strengths of each technique to examine both the physiology and anatomy. This results in two different kinds of images (without moving the patient) to allow doctors the ability to correlate the two images precisely.

By pinpointing the disease locations, Hawkeye imaging can help physicians plan surgery and radiation therapy, then track the progress of follow-up treatments. Hawkeye studies can aid highly accurate diagnoses which can potentially reduce the number of tests and surgeries.