PET/CT Diagnostic:

The PET/CT scanner integrates PET and CT technologies into a single device, making it possible to collect both anatomical and biological information during a single examination. This integrated information permits accurate tumor detection and localization for a variety of cancers, including breast, esophageal, cervical, melanoma, lymphoma, lung, colorectal, head and neck, and ovarian cancer.

NYU Columbus Medical Institute of New York - PET/CT scan Biograph 16 - is the most sophisticated and powerful PET/CT System available today in the World.

PET/CT scans are simple and painless. Patients are administered a small amount of a short-lived radioactive material that resembles a naturally occurring sugar used by the body. This material is detected by the PET/CT scanner and shows, in detail, the location of any disease, which takes up an abnormal amount of the sugar.

For the exam, the patient is transported through the PET/CT system, where the anatomically detailed information obtained from a CT scan is merged with the biological function recorded by the PET scanner to form not merely a photograph, but a biograph—an image that records living tissues and life processes.

The anatomical and biological information obtained permits accurate tumor detection and localization for a variety of cancers, including melanoma, lymphoma, lung, colorectal, head and neck, and ovarian cancers. Other applications include reducing biopsy sampling errors, improvement of therapy planning, and assessment of response to treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy.