Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner
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Advanced Diagnostics: Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner
We use innovative methods to diagnose and stage cancer, track patients’ treatment response, and monitor tumors with greater accuracy and precision over time.
The Discovery™ PET/CT 600 scanner combines positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) imaging technology into one machine. The blending of PET and CT images into one singular image reveals information about both the structure and function of cells and tissues in the body. It also provides greater image accuracy and shortens patient treatment times.
Additionally, the scanner offers advanced motion-management capabilities. Motion in a patient’s body as a result of breathing, the beating heart, and other involuntary movement can reduce image quality and make it difficult to detect small tumors.
The motion-free platform of the Discovery PET/CT 600 scanner allows us to accurately detect multiple small lesions in areas of the body subject to movement. This is especially valuable for breast, lung, colon, renal, and prostate cancers.
Advantages of the Scanner
- Allows us to accurately identify tumor boundaries, allowing for more targeted and concentrated radiation, and saving viable tissue from radiation exposure
- Can detect lesions down to 2.8 mm, which enables us to find cancer and metastases earlier
- Leads the way in image motion management, adding clarity to areas subject to motion, such as the heart and lungs
- Allows us to review images while the scan is being completed
- Reduces treatment planning from 48 hours to 24 hours
- Features software that memorizes and overlays lesions to detect differences over time
In April 2009, CTCA at Southwestern Regional Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma became the third hospital in the world and the first hospital in the nation to offer the Discovery PET/CT 600 scanner.
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- Angioplasty
- Arteriography
- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
B
- Biopsy
Also see Bone Marrow Aspiration & Biopsy, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - Blood Tests
Also see Complete Blood Count (CBC) Test - Bone Marrow Aspiration & Biopsy
- Bone Scan
Also see Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Bone Scan - Bronchoscopy
Also see Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy, Navigational Bronchoscopy
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- CAD for Mammography
- CBC Test
- CellSearch™ CTC Test
- Chemotherapy Resistance Testing
- Chemoresistance (see Chemotherapy Resistance Testing)
- Chest X-Ray
- Cholangioscopy
Also see ERCP - Colonoscopy
- Complete Blood Count (CBC) Test
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
Also see GE 16-Slice CT Scanner, Multidetector CT Scanner, Spiral CT - Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) Mammography
- CT Angiography
- CT Bone Density
- CT Fluoroscopy
- CT-Guided Biopsy
D
- Diagnostic/Staging Surgery
- Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner
E
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Endoscopy
Also see Colonoscopy, Video Capsule Endoscopy - Enteroscopy
- Extreme Drug Resistance (see Chemotherapy Resistance Testing)
F
- Fine Needle Aspiration
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescence Bronchoscopy (see Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy)
- Full-Field Digital Mammography
I
- Interventional Angiography
- Interventional Radiology
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
L
- Large Bore CT/RT with Simulation
- LightSpeed RT
- Liver Function Tests
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumpectomy
- Lung Capacity Studies
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Lymph Node Biopsy
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P
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- PET/CT Scan
Also see Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner - Pleuroscopy
- Prostascint® Scan
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
R
- Radiograph
S
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Siemens ACUSON S2000
- Siemens Multi-Modality Workstation
- Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Bone Scan
- SPECT/CT Camera
- Spiral CT
- SpyGlass™
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- 3D CT Angiography
- Thoracentesis
- Tumor Markers
- Tumor Molecular Profiling
U
- Ultrasound
Also see Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) - Upper Endoscopy
- Urine Tests
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- Video Capsule Endoscopy
- Venography
