
The new PET CT provides the potential to help more local cancer patients
in a comfortable, supportive environment.
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a type of nuclear medicine procedure that measures metabolic activity of the cells of body tissues. Used mostly in patients with brain or heart conditions and cancer, PET helps to visualize the biochemical changes taking place in the body. Since PET is a type of nuclear medicine procedure, this means that a tiny amount of a radioactive substance, called a radiopharmaceutical, is used to assist in the examination. PET is most often used by oncologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons, and cardiologists. Newer technology combines PET and CT into one scanner, known as PET CT. The equipment at the Heptner Cancer Center is a PET CT.
How does it work
Why is PET performed?
In general, PET scans are used to evaluate organs and/or tissues for the
presence of disease or other conditions. PET may also be used to evaluate
the function of organs, such as the heart or brain. The most common use
of PET is in the detection of cancer and the evaluation of cancer treatment.
More specific reasons for PET scans in cancer treatment include:
The Heptner Cancer Center’s new PET CT is approved and ready for patients. In general, PET scans are used to evaluate organs and/or tissues for the presence of disease or other conditions. The most common use of PET is in the detection of cancer and the evaluation of cancer treatment. Read more
Installation of the new PET/CT scanner began yesterday with the removal of the old CT scanner in the Heptner Cancer Center at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette, Wyoming. Read more
I’m pleased to congratulate the Campbell County Healthcare Foundation on reaching their fundraising goal for the PET/CT project. Read more
The Campbell County Healthcare Foundation’s PET/CT capital campaign has reached its fundraising goal of $782,500. Read more
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