Amer is a Nuclear Medicine Technologist and will guide you through having a PET scan. Throughout the video she will show you what to expect during your procedure and answer frequently asked questions.
Its a simple procedure (from a patients point of view) Painless and quite straightforward. The aperture on the scanner is MUCH larger than an MRI scanner so there's less reason to be concerned if you are worried about tight spaces. And of course, it is virtually silent, there's not of that loud banging like there is with the MRI.
Amer Thank you ,very well presented, I did not have a problem with the background music , but that would depend on what device one was listening on Thanks again .
I LIKED THIS VIDEO BUT I BEG ALL PERSONS WHO MAKE THESE VIDEOS TO NOT PLAY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND. WE NEED TO HEAR THE PERSON TALKING. NOT THE OVERPOWERING IRRITATING MUSIC. JUST SILENCE IN THE BACK GROUND. I HOPE YOU CAN GET THISESSAGE ACROSS TO OTHERS. EVERYWHERE YOU GO IT IS ANNOYING. HOSPITALS PLAYING AGRIVATING MUSIC CONTINUALLY. IT IS AWFUL. WE NEE PEACE AND QUIET TO GET WELL
Live in the Netherlands. I also got a pet scan. After the injection i have to lay in bed. Not moving at all. No reading was alowed. I had to stay in the bed for 1 hour.
I had a Pet Scan 3 days ago. After the shot I was left in the recliner 45 minutes with the light off. The CT and PET scans only took 15 minutes. Mine was from base of my skull... chest and abdomen. I had one several years ago too.
Yeah, I had to have a double dose of isotope and a double dose of xrays because the idiot operating the machine at the "teaching hospital" was left unsupervised, and they didn't bother to tell me I was paying full price for a trainee, apparently doesn't know where the human abdomen is and was xraying my lungs and upper chest. Great. Not even an apology either.
A different type of scan.. MRI uses a large magnet and radio waves to scan the body without using any radiation... CT scans use X-Rays which does give a very low dose of (ionizing) radiation...
Hey @REIronminer thanks for your comment. We understand our patients can feel anxious about having a PET scan, but we do our best to support them through it. Let's talk about what the PET scan involves. Our patients will be lying down on a comfortable bed, and the scanner is open at both ends, so they won't be completely enclosed. The procedure itself is painless and the actual scanning time is relatively quick, typically around 30 minutes. Our medical staff will be right there with our patient the whole time, monitoring them closely. If you have experienced claustrophobia in the past, please inform the technologist as they can take steps to minimise this. If they ever feel uncomfortable or need a break, they'll be ready to assist immediately.
