Nuclear medicine PET scan

Positron Emission Tomography

1. NUCLEAR MEDICINE ' P OSITRON E MMISION T OMOGRAPHY' MLT NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES ALPHONSA THOMAS ANISA OMAR HASSAN 17-PML-019 17-PML-007 CT SCAN OF BRAIN MRI SCAN OF BRAIN PET SCAN OF BRAIN REPORT: NORMAL REPORT: NORMAL REPORT: PATIENT DEAD VAMSI KUMAR 17-PML-014

2. FUSED PET/MRI SCAN IMAGE OF BRAIN

3. PET IS THE FIRST SCANNING METHOD TO GIVE FUNCTIONAL IMAGE OF BRAIN

4. Overview of PET scan radiopharmaceuticals

5. DIFFERENCE B/W CT AND PET IMAGING ( NUCLEAR MEDICINE) CT SCAN PET SCAN

6. PET can able to detect abonormality before visual/gross changes

7. COMBINED CT/PET 3D FUNCTIONAL IMAGE OF BRAIN

8. TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN THIS SEMINAR Introduction to Nuclear Medicine/Imaging Introduction to PET scan Principle of PET scan Block diagram of PET scan Purpose/Indications of PET scan Intrumentation of PET scan Preparation of patient for PET Contradications for PET scan Procedure of PET scan Post preparation Complications / risks Artifacts in PET imaging Advantages and Disadvantages of PET imaging Applications of PET scan

9. So, what is Radiation and radioisotopes?

10. production of Gama Radiation

11. cyclotron

12. TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN THIS SEMINAR Introduction to Nuclear Medicine/Imaging Introduction to PET scan Principle of PET scan Block diagram of PET scan Purpose/Indications of PET scan Intrumentation of PET scan Preparation of patient for PET Contradications for PET scan Procedure of PET scan Post preparation Complications / risks Artifacts in PET imaging Advantages and Disadvantages of PET imaging Applications of PET scan

13. STEPS INVOLVED IN PET SCAN

14. principle of PET SCAN

15. PRINCIPLE OF IMAGE AQUISITION

16. detectors of PET scan

17. All other typical instrumentation

18. patient preparation patient preparation the The patient should the patient tell the things technologist should inform to the patient before PET scan the patient informed about the

19. if the patient

20. patient preparation patient may patient patient inhalation / ingestion patient

21. tracer/ radiopharmacuitical

22. mechanism of FDG

23. patient may then the patient lie patient may

24. patient may patient to patient patient patient

25. patient The patient should inform to the doctor if in case of pregnancy on in breast feeding. infants and babies in developing age in the are more sensitive to radiation because their organs are still growing

26. Any questions!