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POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IS DONE TO KNOW THE CANCER STAGING, TO GUIDE IN BIOPSY, TO SEE MALIGNANCY OF THE CANCER LESION,
PET IS POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY. IT HELPS TO IDENTIFY METABOLICALLY ACTIVE LESIONS, DEGENERATIVE DISEASES, IDENTIFICATION OF PRIMARY IN OCCULT MALIGNANCIES AND TO ASSESS SPREAD OF LESIONS
positron emission tomography that evaluates blood flow and metabolism,,activity of brain tissue
detectingmalignancy
spread,,, effect of therapy,,recurrence
can be used in stroke and alzheimers disease
1. Differentiation between tumor and necrosis after radiation therapy or radiosurgery
2. Evaluation of disease dissemination in cases of multiple metastasis
3. Determination of epileptogenic zone on the brain
In neurosurgery it's used for seizure targeting and tumor localization!
