Steps in PET Process

Clinical Uses of PET

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has a variety of clinical applications. A significant application of PET is used for the early detection of cancer tumors. Once these tumors are discovered in their early stages, effective medical and/or surgical treatment can be performed immediately. This is critical for a cancer patient to increase their life-span and get rid of cancer completely.

Advantages of PET

-visualize rapidly growing tumors.

-determine tumor response to radiation and/or chemotherapy.

-diagnose recurrence of tumor growth after surgical removal.

-decide the best location for biopsy of a suspected tumor.

-differentiate radiation necrosis from new tumor growth.

Other specific Clinical Applications of PET include:

Tumors

Heart Diseases

Brain Diseases