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A PET CT scan is one of the most advanced imaging tools in modern medicine, helping doctors detect and monitor diseases with precision.
But what exactly is it, and how does it work?

Dr. Iyappan Ponnuswamy, Medical Director, Kauvery Hospital Chennai, explains its purpose, process, and importance in accurate diagnosis and treatment.
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00:00So this is our pet city scan machine.
00:03So pet city, we also have a city scan for pets.
00:08That's why there are many city scans.
00:10Museums, zoos, etc.
00:12There are many city scans.
00:15But pet city is actually a short form.
00:19Positron Emission Tomography.
00:22There is a pet.
00:25There is also a city scan.
00:28So pet scan and CT scan.
00:30It is a pet city scan.
00:33So if you look at one machine, there are two machines.
00:35One is a city scan machine.
00:37And one is a pet scan.
00:39There are two images.
00:41There are two images.
00:42Fuse funny, fusion images.
00:45One is a pet city scan.
00:47Here is a gantry.
00:49If you look at the couch.
00:51If you look at the patient.
00:53If you look at the patient,
00:55the right way around the corner.
00:57The right way around the corner.
00:58The right way around the corner.
00:59So let's see.
01:00The height will adjust the height.
01:04And the right way around the corner.
01:06And the right way around the corner.
01:08This is a city scan first.
01:10Now the light is in the corner.
01:12The city scan is captured.
01:14This is an image.
01:15These images captured here.
01:16Now for you to see it Next to see it,
01:17potentially here is a ring of the data Soy.
01:20That is a city scan.
01:21Which gives you an image
01:28This full gantry will see is an X-ray tube.
01:29These are in cleaning through the exit.
01:31The least there is an X-ray tube.
01:33The tube will be full and rotate
01:36At a time, the patient will move
01:40A slice of image
01:43A spiral image will be captured
01:47It will be captured in the computer
01:50The patient will move
01:53The patient will move
01:56Pet image
01:58Pet scan
02:00The computer will be transferred
02:04The pet should be exposed
02:08This patient will be introduced
02:09But the patient will give a medical medicine
02:12At the time, the pet will be taken
02:16CT scan
02:18First, it is plain CT scan
02:20It doesn't have an injection
02:22You can see a normal CT scan
02:26There is a contrast CT scan
02:28It's a nice OC
02:30We can see a little bit of a contrast
02:32We can see a little bit of a contrast
02:34We can see a contrast CT scan
02:36We can see a contrast CT scan
02:38We can see a CT scan
02:40There are two types of CT scan
02:42It's also a PET
02:44If you inject a FDG
02:46It's a PET
02:48It's a PET
02:50It's a PET
02:52It's a PET
02:54If you can scan it
02:56You can see a text
02:58But if you see a text
03:00We can see a text
03:02It's a basic
03:04There's a camera
03:06There's a mic
03:08We can't get any doubts
03:10You can see a full screen
03:12You can see a big screen
03:14But if you scan it
03:16If you scan it
03:18It's not a kidney function
03:20We can scan it
03:22We can scan it
03:24If you scan it
03:26It's a CT scan
03:28But if you scan it
03:30It's 4 to 5 hours
03:32Overall duration
03:34If you wait
03:36If you scan it
03:38It's time
03:40It's time
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