Catawba Valley Medical's PET and CT Scanning Center
Doctor
Why pick this one
Catawba Valley Medical's PET/CT Scanning Center combines PET and spiral CT imaging for cancer detection, staging, and recurrent cancer assessment.
Best for
- Early detection of recurrent cancer
- Locating and staging malignancies before surgery
- Patients needing combined PET and CT imaging
- PET/CT evaluation related to heart or neurological conditions
- Patients concerned about claustrophobia because the scanner has a larger opening
Specialties
- PET/CT scanning for cancer detection
- Recurrent cancer detection
- Cancer location and staging before surgery
- PET/CT imaging for heart and neurological conditions
What makes them different
- Combines positron emission tomography and multi-detector spiral CT imaging in one examination
- Uses an advanced Siemens Biograph mCT scanner
- The scanner has a larger opening intended to reduce claustrophobia concerns
- The center is located within Catawba Valley Medical Center, a not-for-profit community hospital
- Response time
- The PET/CT process takes less time than a traditional PET scan
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 235 18th St SE, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- +18287326680
- Website
- https://www.catawbavalleyhealth.org/Medical-Cen...
Services
- PET/CT scanning
- Diagnostic imaging