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Medical Equipment

PET-CT
Innovative medical equipment for early detection of cancer PET-CT

The benefits of using PET-CT

By combining computed tomography (CT) with positron emission tomography (PET), it improves the accuracy of diagnostic results obtained with a single scan and lesions can be located quickly.

It is a cutting-edge medical device introduced after CT and MRI, and it is an innovative way of detecting cancer in the early stages by assessing the biochemical changes in the body using PET and examining the anatomical images using CT at the same time.

Diseases that can be detected by PET-CT

  • 1 Tumor
  • 2 Early diagnosis of various cancers
  • 3 Discernment of benign and malignant tumors
  • 4 Metastasis
  • 5 Recurrence after surgery
  • 6 Primary lesions
  • 7 Inflammatory diseases
  • 8 Active/inactive tuberculosis
  • 9 Identification of the cause of fever that cannot be diagnosed
  • 10 Various neurological diseases (dementia, etc.)