PET Scan: PET/CT Utilization

PET/CT combines the strengths of two well-established imaging modalities, CT for anatomy and PET for function, accurately aligned into a single imaging device. By imaging with the two modalities in a single scan, abnormalities can be distinguished from normal uptake of the PET tracer and the presence and exact location of disease can be determined.

Brain Disorders

PET/CT imaging aids physicians in accurately localizing the source of seizure activity.

Epilepsy

Cancer

PET/CT is a noninvasive test that physicians utilize to stage the entire body for the presence or absence of active tumor, localize the tumor, assess the tumor response to treatment and detect recurrence in treated lesions.

PET/CT imaging provides a way to assess the severity of heart disease and measure its impact on heart function.

Myocardial Perfusion

Myocardial Viability

Bone Imaging

PET/CT imaging is a noninvasive test that physicians utilize to stage the body for the presence or absence of active bone tumors, localize the tumors, assess the tumors' response to treatment and detect recurrence in treated lesions.

Bone Imaging

Pediatric Imaging

In pediatric oncology, the most common diagnoses for which PET/CT scanning has been used are Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, central nervous system tumors and bone and soft marrow tumors, Wilms tumors and occasionally for other malignancies such as thyroid cancer.

Pediatric Imaging