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5 Hospitals For PET scan In Ohio

Your search for "PET scan Ohio" has been successful and has brought you to OnlineMedicalTourism.com. As the premier source of professional listings for the medical community, OnlineMedicalTourism.com provides information for patients searching for the availability of specific procedures in specific locales, like the state of OH.

Ohio has 5 PET scan hospitals in our database. Click the facility name and view their details. You may be able to contact them directly if they have posted contact information.

PET scan is categorized on OnlineMedicalTourism.com as within the class of procedures known as Diagnostics. This procedure is sometimes also referred to as Positron Emission Tomography..
PET scan (click for worldwide facilities list): Positron emission tomography, also called PET imaging or a PET scan, is a type of nuclear medicine imaging.

Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose or treat a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers, heart disease and certain other abnormalities within the body.

Nuclear medicine or radionuclide imaging procedures are noninvasive and usually painless medical tests that help physicians diagnose medical conditions. These imaging scans use radioactive materials called radiopharmaceuticals or radiotracers.

A PET scan measures important body functions, such as blood flow, oxygen use, and sugar (glucose) metabolism, to help doctors evaluate how well organs and tissues are functioning.

Today, most PET scans are performed on instruments that are combined PET and CT scanners. The combined PET/CT scans provide images that pinpoint the location of abnormal metabolic activity within the body. The combined scans have been shown to provide more accurate diagnoses than the two scans performed separately.

PET and PET/CT scans are performed to:

* detect cancer
determine whether a cancer has spread in the body
* assess the effectiveness of a treatment plan, such as cancer therapy
* determine if a cancer has returned after treatment
* determine blood flow to the heart muscle
* determine the effects of a heart attack, or myocardial infarction, on areas of the heart
* identify areas of the heart muscle that would benefit from a procedure such as angioplasty or coronary artery bypass surgery (in combination with a myocardial perfusion scan).
* evaluate brain abnormalities, such as tumors, memory disorders and seizures and other central nervous system disorders
* to map normal human brain and heart function

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?PG=pet

Also known as: Positron Emission Tomography
More information about this procedure and other related procedures is available here

If you would like to expand your search for PET scan services beyond the state of OH there are 2 good options on this site. One, go to local US hospitals and click states neighboring Ohio. And secondly, go to medical tourism procedures and click "PET scan" to view OnlineMedicalTourism's world-wide list of facilities for PET scan.
2139 Auburn ave
Cincinnati, OH 45219

513.585.2000
410 West Tenth Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
OSUCareConnection@osumc.edu
1-800-293-5123
3535 Olentangy River Rd
Columbus, OH 43214-3998

(614) 566-5000
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106

216-844-1000
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195

International 216-444-8184, National 216-445-5580, Global Patient Serv., 800.223.2273, ext. 55580) toll free
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