PET-CT Scan in Karnataka
Positron Emission Tomography combined with CT scan uses a radioactive tracer (FDG) injected into the blood to detect metabolically active cancer cells and provi…
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Types of PET-CT Scan
The main variant is whole-body FDG PET-CT for general cancer evaluation, while specialized tracers such as Ga-68 DOTATATE (for neuroendocrine tumors) or PSMA (for prostate cancer) are used for specific cancer types. Low-dose versus diagnostic-dose CT components can also be selected depending on whether additional anatomical detail is required.