PET scan

Positron Emission Tomography. PET Scan combines a nuclear medicine scan and CT scan. The CT scan takes a few seconds but the nuc med scan takes 30mins to an hour. Patient is injected with a radioactive isotope and allowed to "cook" for a period of time, around an hour and can be upto 3 or more hours depending on the exam. The images obtained from PET scan are pretty impressive. The study allows the Dr. to see the physiological function aligned with the accuracy of anatomical imaging of the CT. It's pretty cool stuff. You need to have your Nuclear Medicine license and your CT license to be able to work PET scan. But, you get paid the big bucks!