Orlando Health, with professional services provided by M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, was the first hospital system in Florida to acquire two new Siemens Truepoint Biograph 64 PET/CT Systems to better detect and treat cancer. The new system provides greater resolution and less inconvenience for the patient – a process that used to take hours, will now take roughly 30 minutes to complete.
PET scans are effective in illuminating where cancer cells are located and if they are growing or moving. The PET image on this system is the highest resolution available to date. However, CT scans better represent organs and tumors in the body. The CT image is particularly clear in this new system which uses 64-slice technology, the fastest and highest image resolution on the market.
This technology will overlay both scans, which will allow M. D. Anderson – Orlando oncologists to see where cancer cells are located, and to determine if the cancer is growing and possibly spreading. This new technology will also give physicians landmarks in the body to map out a focused course of radiation treatment for patients. The more accurately doctors are able to pinpoint the cancer, the closer they can target radiation to the tumor without harming surrounding healthy tissue.
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