Digital PET-CT

PET-CT, an acronym of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, is a diagnostic imaging modality that provides anatomical (how the organ structure looks like) and physiological (how the organs function) details. It is a combination of two machines, PET as well as CT. With the help of a radiotracer, PET provides information about how organs function, including tumour cells' behaviours, whereas CT provides the anatomical image. Generally, any abnormality starts to appear with the changes in the function of the organ or body, and slowly it reflects in structure. Since this modality can image both, it can diagnose the disease in an early stage with high-definition cross-sectional images. Various radioactive tracers have been discovered to be used in PET-CT machines for different needs of the patients. The most commonly used radiotracers are 18F-FDG, 68Ga-PSMA, 68Ga-DOTA, 18F-DOPA, 18F-PSMA, 18F-Choline, 68Ga-DOTA-Exendine etc. Depending upon the diseased condition, the referring doctors choose appropriate tests for the patients. PET-CT has great use in Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology, and Psychiatry and provides information about possible disease origins and spread. Patients undergo PET-CT for staging, restaging (therapy response assessment), and early detection of recurrence of the treated disease. We offer the following test: