PET CT
64 Slice PET CT with Self Shielded Cyclotron (Siemens)
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Computed Tomography (CT)
In keeping with the strong tradition of innovation,Neurospinal& Cancer Care Institute (NCCI) was the first private facilityin Pakistan providing the services of a 64 Slice PET-CT Scanner in Karachi since 2013, the most experience PET CT Scan in the province of Sindh.
WHAT IS A PET-CT
- PET-CT combines the functional information from a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) exam with anatomical information from a Computed Tomography (CT) exam and merges them as one.
- A PET scan detects changes in cellular function – how cells are utilizing nutrients like sugar and oxygen. Since these functional changes take place before physical changes occur, PET-CT can provide information that enables physicians to make an early diagnosis.
BENEFITS OF PET-CT
- Diagnosis (Detection of the cancer).
- Staging and Restaging (Determining spread of cancer in the body).
- Grading (Determining the aggressiveness of the cancer).
- Monitoring therapy response (Assess the effectiveness of the treatment plan).
- Detecting recurrence.
- Detection of unknown primary cancer.
- Detection of cancer when only tumor markers are elevated in blood and no clinical or radiological evidence of cancer is evident.
- Providing viable tumor information for more concise radiotherapy planning.
WHY DO YOU NEED A PET-CT?
A PET-CT will help your Oncologist in developing and managing your treatment therapy and assessing the results of the treatment being given.
WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE NCCI FOR YOUR PET-CT:
- Specifically trained and vastly experienced for PET-CT Nuclear Medicine Physician and Radiologist on our panel of consultants.
- Extremely well trained and cordial team of staff.
- Faster scanning time.
- Uses less radioactive isotope.
- Less radiation dose to the patient.
- Improved diagnostic quality.
No PET-CT Scan without FDG
- NCCI has its own 11 Mev Large Capacity Cyclotron which cater minimum twenty patients FDG required for PET –CT Scan .
- Large Cyclotron ensures adequate FDG dose each patient has as per clinically recommendation ensure necessary for proper PET- Scan reporting.
Eminent PET-CT Scan Reporting Team
- Shahid Kamal M.D. Ph.D (Specialist in Neuclear Medicine) Former Director KIRIN & JPMC (N.M) Director, Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Neurospinal& Cancer Care Institute with over forty years of nuclear medicine experience.
- Mahesh Kumar MBBS, FCPS, EDiR (European Board) Consultant Radiologist Neurospinal& Cancer Care Institute
SCHEDULING YOUR PET-CT
- Monday to Saturday
- 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM
- +92-21-32294384
- +92-321-8272623