Capital Health – East Trenton Closure

Capital Health – East Trenton Satellite ED and Outpatient Clinic Closing Immediately Due to Structural Issues. Click here for details.
Problemas estructurales obligan al cierre de emergencia del espacio alquilado para el servicio de emergencia satélite de Capital Health. Haz click en este enlace para obtener información adicional.

PET/CT Scan

Position Emission Tomography – Computer Tomography (PET/CT) is a diagnostic test that acquires images from both the PET and CT in the same session and lays one image over the other to create a single image. The metabolic activity measured by the PET scan is precisely aligned with the images obtained by the CT scan, and combined, it provides a detailed 3-D anatomical image.

These 3-D functional images are used to evaluate a variety of diseases, including:

  • Cancers in the lung, colon and rectum, skin (melanoma), head and neck, esophagus, breast, cervix, ovaries, pancreas, testes, and thyroid
  • Lymphoma (e.g. Non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin) 
  • Myeloma 
  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma 
  • Solid tumors 
  • Brain Perfusion (e.g. Alzheimer’s) 
  • Cardiac

Click here for answers to some frequently asked questions regarding PET/CT scans.