In my paper I’m going to write about PET/MR how it was developed and how they both work together. Also on the individual level what PET does and what MR does separately.The importance in the nuclear medicine and how it help the patients. And the risk that it has on the patient's.
Both are very important in Nuclear Medicine because we use this on daily bases in our day to day. It helps detect disease in patients and we treat them by using PET/MR and seeing how their body is functioning of course we can not read the results but the patient will have a better understanding what's going on in their body.
PET is a type of nuclear medicine imaging procedure. PET stands for positron emission tomography it allows to detect disease in patients. PET …show more content…
MR scanner it is large and the patient will lie down inside the round tube during the test. MR is used to for brain and spinal cord, bones, joints, heart vessels, internal organs, like the liver, prostate gland and womb. In a MR scanner the patient will lie down and usually you will go head in first through the scanner. The control scanner will be in a different room because it to be kept away from the magnetic field. But the patient will be able to talk to the technologist through an intercom. Its very important to tell the patient to stay still during the test. The test could take up 15-90 minutes it just depends what area of the body is being …show more content…
Eat low carbohydrates food. On the day of the exam you can't eat or drink but water is fine.The patient will be in a gown which he/she will remove any jewelry, body piercing, removable dental work if possible. Once the tracer is absorbed after one hour the patient will be asked to empty their bladder and then they will lay down on the scanner table. The machine will never touch the patient. Even though you can not be close to the patient the technologist will be able to communicate with the patient from a intercom. The PET/MR will take about 30-40 minutes but it depends on the area of
Both are very important in Nuclear Medicine because we use this on daily bases in our day to day. It helps detect disease in patients and we treat them by using PET/MR and seeing how their body is functioning of course we can not read the results but the patient will have a better understanding what's going on in their body.
PET is a type of nuclear medicine imaging procedure. PET stands for positron emission tomography it allows to detect disease in patients. PET …show more content…
MR scanner it is large and the patient will lie down inside the round tube during the test. MR is used to for brain and spinal cord, bones, joints, heart vessels, internal organs, like the liver, prostate gland and womb. In a MR scanner the patient will lie down and usually you will go head in first through the scanner. The control scanner will be in a different room because it to be kept away from the magnetic field. But the patient will be able to talk to the technologist through an intercom. Its very important to tell the patient to stay still during the test. The test could take up 15-90 minutes it just depends what area of the body is being …show more content…
Eat low carbohydrates food. On the day of the exam you can't eat or drink but water is fine.The patient will be in a gown which he/she will remove any jewelry, body piercing, removable dental work if possible. Once the tracer is absorbed after one hour the patient will be asked to empty their bladder and then they will lay down on the scanner table. The machine will never touch the patient. Even though you can not be close to the patient the technologist will be able to communicate with the patient from a intercom. The PET/MR will take about 30-40 minutes but it depends on the area of