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Specializing in Cancer Care
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Tampa Bay Oncology Center |
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A fused PET and CT image, not the light areas in the right breast and sternum. |
Combining Image Technologies |
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What good is all of this high technology if we cannot see and aim at the tumors properly? Recent advances in Imaging technology allows us to combine different imaging modalities on treatment planning computers. We can take Computerized Tomography (CT formerly known as CAT scans), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), each of which has its own advantages, and merge them together. For a tumor that cannot be seen on a CT but only on an MRI, the CT and MRI images can be fused together to show the tumor on both. PET scans too can be fused with both CT and MRI. Recently PET scans have become valuable as they show tumors much earlier than other technologies. |
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A PET Image: difficult to make out the anatomic details. |
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To contact us: |
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Image Fusion |
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1835 Indian Rocks Road Largo, FL 33774 |
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A CT Image: easy to see the anatomy, but we can’t visualize the tumor. |
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A fused PET and CT Image: The PET highlighting can be seen on the CT image making the location of the tumors obvious. |