PET/CT
Landmark Medical
Center is a member of Rhode Island PET Scan, LLC, a consortium of of
leading healthcare providers across Rhode Island. Pet scan services are
provided at Landmark Medical Center on Thursdays.
WHAT IS A
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY EXAM?
Positron emission
tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine procedure that produces pictures
of the body's biological functions. PET is a unique diagnostic imaging
modality that is capable of detecting certain diseases before other
imaging modalities, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). PET is able to capture chemical and
physiological changes related to metabolism, as opposed to gross anatomy
and structure, which is obtained by CT and MRI. This is important since
functional changes are often present before structural changes in
tissues. PET images may therefore demonstrate pathological changes long
before they would be evident in CT or MRI. PET/CT is valuable because it
combines the pathological information with the anatomical, giving
doctors a large amount of information to make the most informed
decision.
For more
information about PET/CT and RI PET Scan, please click on the following
link:
www.ri-pet.org