Dr. Faulhaber continues his four-part series for the nurses, technologists, and physicians directly taking care of the patient. He describes the patient’s physiologic parameters that affect what lesions and tumors can and cannot be seen. He also discusses the value of respiratory gating to overcome blurring and the difficulties of minimizing errors when evaluating SUVs.
Dr. Faulhaber continues his four-part series for the nurses, technologists, and physicians directly taking care of the patient. He describes many of the terms, mechanical functions, and time requirements involved in using a PET/CT scanner. Dr. Faulhaber also covers the potential exposure of patients and clinical staff to radiological dose.
Dr. Faulhaber begins a four-part series for the entire clinical staff–the nurses, technologists, and physicians directly taking care of the patient. Having some PET background is important, because the patient today is likely to be more sophisticated and educated about treatment and terminology. Dr. Faulhaber begins with an explanation of PET scanners and positron emitters.
Dr. Faulhaber begins a two-part session by exploring, “Why bother doing respiratory gating?” and the refinements in PET in “stopping” the motion and seeing the lesion better. He also discusses FDG and how imaging techniques have changed with improvements in hardware, software, and fusion.
