PET-CT

What is the PET？

PET is a abbribiation of Position Emission Tomology, and it is one kind of Nuclear Medicine Study using medical agent contains radioactivity. Test Agent is taken into a body, and radioactive ray emitted from a body is detected by a special Camera, then produces a image. Conventional X-ray scan detects approx 1.5cm in size, and with MRI or CT can detect with 1cm in size progressed cancer, but PET has a 10 to 20 times higher detection ability compared with standard checkup.

Adaptation disease

• Epilepsia
• Cancer of head and neck
• Metastatic cancer of the liver
• Ischemic cardiac disease
• Brain Cancer
• Uterus Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Lymphatic Malignancy
• Overian Cancer
• Bowel Cancer
• Cancer of unknown primary
• Malignant Melanorma

What is a test agent used for PET-CT examination？

Glucose sugar is a energy source of the body cell. Administered medicine named FDG used for this checkup has a similar formation with glucose sugar, so that it is taken into the body like glucose sugar. As radioactive nuclide fluorine(18F) is attached to FDG, PET-CT camera can detect the emitted radioactive ray and convert its distribution to an image.

Findings by PET-CT Exam.

Since our brain and heart are activated using glucose sugar, a lot of glucose sugar is taken into them. And Cancer cell is more acctivate than a normal cell, so it will take 3 to 8 times larger volume of glucpose. When FDG is administered to a body, it can be observed that the entire body glucose is taken in. It is therefore perceived as PET-CT examination is usefull for diagnosing brain, heart or cancer diseases.

One

It can detect small cancer which is hard to find out in the conventional testing method, at early stage.

Two

It is not necessary to take split shooting, so examination time is shortened and physical stress/burden is releaved.

Three

There is almost no pain or discomfort , since a patient lay down on a bed with clothes on and then photo is taken.

Four

PET is excellent to determine benignity or malignancy of tumor, diagnose malignancy stage and cancer of unknown primary.

PET Dock Course

1. Reservation

   TEL:048562-5555
   (Health Checkup Center direct)

2. Prior Explanation

   about a week ago

3. Checkup Day Reception

   in approx. 30 min

4. Change Clothes/Anteroom

   in approx. 1 hour

5. Medical Interview/Medicine administration

   in approx. 30 min

6. Stand by at Anteroom

   in approx. 1 hour

7. Photographing (1st take)

   approx. 1 hour

8. Recovery Room

   in approx. 1 hour

9. Photographing (2nd take)

   in approx 30 min