PET-CT in [city.name_pr] is performed using a new generation of scanners, which significantly increases the information content and accuracy of diagnostics.
Who is prescribed PET-CT?
PET-CT is an ideal diagnostic procedure for modern oncology. It allows you to accurately identify not only the tumor itself, but also its metastases that have dispersed throughout the body by hematogenous, lymphogenic or implantation pathways. At the same time, the study is safe and easily tolerated by patients of different age categories.
In addition to oncological diseases, PET-CT is used to diagnose:
- Brain and cerebrovascular pathologies
- Neurological disorders (including epilepsy and epi syndrome)
- Demyelinating pathologies of the brain
- Degenerative brain lesions (including senile dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, etc.)
- Myocardial infarction
- Hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke
PET-CT allows you to detect and stage almost any cancerous tumor:
- Papillary and anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Malignant neoplasms of the face, head and neck
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
- Osteosarcomas and Ewing's sarcomas
- Angiosarcomas
- Rhabdomyosarcomas
- Adenocarcinomas of internal organs
- Colorectal cancer
- Uterine sarcoma
- Small cell and non-small cell lung cancer
- Melanoma
- Myeloma disease
- Pleural mesothelioma
For better visualization, the procedure is performed with contrast enhancement.
Conducting PET-CT
PET-CT is performed in a special tomograph. The patient is positioned on a movable couch inside the scanning ring. Depending on the area under study, the procedure may involve some preparation, which the doctor will warn you about.
Traditionally, PET-CT involves the introduction of a contrast agent. Its role is played by a radioactive element with a high concentration of glucose (it is glucose that accumulates as much as possible in atypical tissues). Contrast is administered by inhalation or infusion (intravenously).
The CT scanner in which the study is performed captures the slightest structural and morphological changes in cells and tissues, displaying a detailed image on a computer monitor. MRI and other similar diagnostic procedures do not provide such a clear picture of the location of pathological foci, the number and activity of cancer cells, and defects in the structure of organs.
Thanks to PET-CT, a doctor can establish a correct diagnosis and draw the right conclusions about the state of the body in the shortest possible time. In the clinics of [city.name_pr], the procedure is performed on innovative devices using safe and highly purified contrasts.
