Pet scan vs ct scan lung cancer. While it sounds scary the tracer typically leaves your body a few hours after the scan. A pet scan uses small amounts of radioactive substances called contrast materials for contrast within the body. They have now scheduled him in for a full body pet scan.
My mom had ct scan and pet scan in january 2012 when she was diagnosed stage 4 nsclc. A lung pet scan is typically combined with a lung ct scan to detect conditions like lung cancer. Doctors often use machines that combine a pet scan with a ct scan.
It uses a special dye with radioactive tracers to help the machine capture. The computer combines information from the two scans to provide a three dimensional image which. Pet scans provide metabolic information and are increasingly read alongside ct or mri magnetic resonance imaging scans which provide anatomic information.
The reality is that you cannot rely on a ct scan or ultrasound mri or blood test to tell you if you have cancer. Mar 2002 aug 14 2002 305 pm. A pet scan uses nuclear medicine imaging to produce a three dimensional picture of functional processes in the body.
I thought the primary doctor referred us to a specialist for a biopsy but now they are doing a pet scan first. Petct which is a combination of positron emission tomography pet with. Petct scanners give information on any areas of increased cell activity from the pet as well as show more detail in these areas from the ct.
Ct scan computer tomography and pet scan positron emission tomography are different but related imaging techniques. Comparing ct and pet ct. This is from the ct scan that was done.
My father has been diagnosed with having a nodule 1cm by 1cm by 25cm withe suspicion that is has spread to the lymph nodes. She started chemo and he told her onc that she hated the pet scan because it was uncomfortable to have to stay still for 30 minutes. It is only with a petct scan that you will know for sure.
But they also expose the patient to more radiation. She was 83 at the time. A pet scan is an imaging exam thats used to diagnose diseases or issues by looking at how the body is functioning.
Pet has been approved by the fda for characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules lung cancer staging evaluation of colorectal cancer in patients with rising levels of cardioembryonic antigen and imaging of patients who have lymphoma and melanoma.
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