PET-CT
Gebze
PET-CT in Gebze is available at 1 hospital in the Voumed network.
PET-CT is an advanced hybrid imaging method that combines positron emission tomography with computed tomography in a single scan, mapping both the metabolic activity and the anatomical structure of the body at once. A small dose of a radioactive tracer, often a glucose analogue, is injected and gathers in cells that are working harder than normal, which is typical of many tumours. Because it can show where a disease is active before it changes the shape of an organ, PET-CT is one of the most valuable tools for detecting cancer, working out how far it has spread, and checking whether treatment is working.
At a glance
- Type
- hybrid functional and anatomical imaging scan
- Used for
- detecting cancer, staging, restaging, and assessing treatment response
- Key benefit
- shows disease activity and exact location in one combined image
- Tracer
- a small dose of a short-lived radioactive tracer is injected beforehand
- Where it is used
- accredited nuclear-medicine and imaging centres abroad
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