PET/CT
Rhode Island Hospital is now offering state-of-the-art PET/CT services, allowing us to
provide referring physicians with superior diagnostic information for their patients with
cancer, heart disease, and certain neurologic conditions. In the three decades since its
development, PET has been demonstrated to be a clinically proven and safe method for
imaging a variety of disorders. In recent years, the advantages of PET have been augmented
by the addition of CT in the same gantry and this technology is now available at Rhode
Island Hospital. PET/CT allows physicians to take advantage of the metabolic data provided
by PET and add that to the anatomic detail of CT to produce one image that incorporates
most of the advantages of both techniques.
Our medical staff is experienced in PET and CT interpretation and is board certified in
diagnostic radiology, with additional fellowship training and certification in nuclear medicine.
Our specially trained technologists are experienced in PET imaging, having used this technology
for several years. The Philips Gemini GXL PET/CT scanner at Rhode Island Hospital
combines the latest in PET technology with a state-of-the-art 16-slice CT scanner.
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