Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan) (4)
An appropriate dose of radiotracer, reminiscent of FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose), is administered to the patient (by intravenous injection).
Until lately, PET procedures had been carried out in dedicated PET centers. The gear used in these facilities is quite costly. However, a new expertise known as gamma camera systems (devices used to scan sufferers who’ve been injected with small amounts of radionuclides and at present in use with other nuclear medication procedures) is now being tailored for use in PET scan procedures. The gamma digicam system can complete a scan extra shortly, and at much less cost, than a standard PET scan.
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is often identified by: physical examination, blood and urine tests, X-ray, CT scan, MRI or PET scan. Biopsy of a suspicious lymph node could also be done to substantiate diagnosis and to find out the growth fee of the tumor in order that a cause of action will …
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