In the quest to understand and manage chronic diseases, the PET CT scan stands as a highly advanced imaging tool.
In the era of high technology in disease detection, looking behind the curtain of the body in the quest to know and manage chronic disease is most essential. All of the high-tech, highly advanced modalities with which doctors are offered, Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET CT) is a highly advanced and highly marketed imaging modality. This amazing technology offers a profile, outlining the structural and functional data of how the body organs and tissues operate at fundamental cellular and molecular levels. The procedure uses the utilization of a high-technology "O" shaped equipment.
PET CT scans are prevalent and are pioneers in the detection of the majority of cancers, diagnosis of complex brain disorders, and diagnosis of subliminal heart disease. Due to the ability of the doctor to scan entire organs, this imaging technique is more than just visualization of plain anatomy. It provides comprehensive assessment of organ function, thereby allowing an individual to know whether such essential pieces are functioning optimally. Other than this, PET CT scan also gives valuable information regarding blood circulation and how the body uses important resources like sugar and oxygen. Indeed, even body tissues that otherwise do not seem to normal imaging at the moment of need repair.
For patients who are getting a whole-body PET CT, they can be warned beforehand to get the speed and accuracy of the test. One of the latest generation of nuclear imaging tests done at the best imaging centre in Delhi,NCR. It does come with some rules that must be followed, some "Do's and Don'ts" that patients must abide by.
What are the "Do's" Before Your PET CT Scan?
- Hydration: Have only plain water until scanning time. It helps with imaging as well as removing the tracer later.
- Prescription Medications: All of your regular medications except opposite orders from your doctor, including diabetes and blood pressure medications.
- Special Diabetic Consideration: If you are diabetic, you might have a light meal six hours before your scanning visit. This is just to stabilize your blood sugar.
- Key Disclosures: You should also alert the technologist, your doctor, or the radiologist if you are pregnant or nursing because these conditions will need some special precautions.
- Allergy Awareness: If indeed you do have some documented allergies, you need to alert the medical staff ahead of time.
- Recent Radiation Therapy: Inform the technologist, radiologist, or physician if you have undergone recent radiation therapy treatment since this will influence the interpretation of the results on the scan.
- Insulin Management: As an insulin-dependent patient, it is essential to consult your physician for individualized advice on your insulin dose and timing prior to your PET CT scan.
What are the "Don'ts" before Your PET CT Scan?
- Fasting Time: Do not consume any food products for a period of at least eight hours prior to your visit. This will provide the best absorption of the radioactive tracer.
- Avoid Physical Strain: Don't exert yourself physically 24 hours before the scan since your body will disrupt the trace course by moving around.
- Remove Metallic Items: Remove all metallic items, such as jewelry, watch, glasses, dentures, zipped-up and snapped-up clothing, on test day. Metal is a cause of interference for the CT portion of the test.
The significance of the early identification of health issues and diagnosis of illness in its initial stage cannot be overstated. Early treatment, with the assistance of the advanced imaging modalities like PET CT, can go a long way towards the treatment of healthcare and greatly improve the quality of life and lifespan of a patient. PET CT scan is now an age-reversing imaging modality for the early diagnosis of very heterogeneous chronic diseases.
In order to begin collecting informative diagnostic information, a slow infusion of radioactive glucose into patient circulation is used with PET CT scanning. The radiotrace is localized to the whole body and provides opportunity to the scanner to measure regions of high metabolic activity that are indicators of disease processes in virtually all tissues.
All other PET CT Scans that are done at Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Centre-
- F-18 Choline PET Scan (Book Now)
- FDG-PET Scan (Book Now)
- Whole Body PET Scan (Book Now)
- PET Viability Scan Cardiac (Book Now)
- Brain PET Scan (Book Now)
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Conclusion
Whole-body PET CT scan at Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Centre offers one window view of the human body with capacity to offer a great diagnostic facility with high resolution of large segments of disease. Few of the diseases specifically diagnosed by this advanced imaging modality include a wide range of cancers, cardiovascular disease that includes coronary artery disease, and neurological disease that includes Alzheimer's disease, seizures, brain tumors, memory disorders, and other central nervous system diseases. By generating three-dimensional images and data cell-level and organ and tissue functions in both modes, PET CT scans enable doctors to make their decisions based on factual data in order to provide more timely and improved treatments.
FAQs
Q. What is the full form of PET CT Scan?
The full form of PET CT Scan is Positron Emission Tomography- Computed Tomography Scan.
Q. Is Whole PET CT scan painful?
No, it is generally a painless procedure, you might feel discomfort while pricking the needle.
Q. How long does the Whole PET CT Scan procedure take?
This whole process takes around 1-2 hours.
Q. What is the cost of a whole body PET CT scan in Delhi?
The cost of whole body PET CT scan in Delhi ranges between 10,000 to 15,000 INR and also this depends on the centre to centre.
