Fay A. Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Thought this might answer some questions on PET technology: http://laxmi.nuc.ucla.edu:8000/lpp/lpphome.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Thanks, Fay. I have passed info to Lucie. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloesmom Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Thanks, Fay. I was in such a daze when I had my PET, I could barely remember what the machine looked like, much less any other part of the whole thing. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stand4hope Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Thank you, Fay. I looked at every single film in the oncology section. Very interesting. We have my husband's PET scan films from September, and I found the films on this site helpful for comparison. Thanks again. Love. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 I am a little confused though. It seems to be saying that PET can identiry brain mets, but I was told that it is not reliable at all. Plus the images on the pages I looked at didn't seem to have any areas of uptake that aren't cancer, but my PET had several places that had uptake that were deemed probably not mets. It still confuses me. I am having plain radiographs of several areas Monday to be certain, I guess but not even sure that xrays will tell the tale. elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay A. Posted January 29, 2005 Author Share Posted January 29, 2005 Elaine, One of the things I've learned over the years is that the images viewed by the docs appear to be much more clear than the copies I've received. Now that I obtain CDs of the studies, the images are much clearer. There are areas of uptake that are not considered malignant, and it's my understanding that the amount of uptake/intensity is assigned a value. If it falls within certain values it is considered a malignancy. I was under the impression that PET technology was first used in Brain Studies. A PET Scan of the Brain is done with different settings, because the brain is always metabolically active. Done as a designated study PETs are very good at finding brain tumors, malignant and otherwise. It's what was used to determine that my slow growing Meningioma is benign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Oh, I guess I have never had a PET specific to the brain. Why dont they do them more often instead of MRI? Expensive? I misunderstood the info, and wondered why I hadnt ever seen pictures of my brain when I got PET results. Now I know. Where did you get the reader for your scans? I cant read mine on my omputer. Thanks elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stand4hope Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Elaine, I can get the info for you, if your radiologists use the same program. It's a free download from Microsoft. The last CD we got, I couldn't read it either, because it required an update. I like to never found it, but I did. I'll get the info and put it on this thread shortly. Love, Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stand4hope Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Ok. Here's the website where you can find the download I used. My husband's CDs uses PacsCube, and I needed this file on the last CDs we got: msxml.msi http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en Be sure to read everything to be sure this file will work with your programs. Love, Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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