What is the PETCT process at Shanghai Huashan Hospital?

Petct is a non-invasive imaging device. It usually only takes about 30 minutes to complete a whole body scan at once. The examinee usually only needs to test his/her blood sugar and receive an intravenous injection of a tiny amount of developer before the examination, and then he/she needs to take a quiet rest in the lounge with the purpose of distributing the developer to the whole body and waiting for the examination. During the examination, you also only need to lie quietly on the examination bed for about 15-30 minutes. The whole process is around 2 hours and is hardly painful at all.

In addition to the 18F-FDG radioactive tracer inserted into your vein blood vessels when doing a petct examination, you will feel a slight stinging needle, and it will be accompanied by a little bit of cold, there are generally no other side effects, so most of the process of nuclear medicine is painless, and seldom cause discomfort or side effects, and oral 18F-FDG radioactive tracer, which is colorless and tasteless. It also smells completely odorless. There are some procedures that can cause temporary discomfort when the catheter is placed in the bladder, at which point you must hold out until the image recording is complete.

While the body is being scanned by a petct, although the nuclear imaging itself does not cause pain, if you are claustrophobic you may feel some anxiety during the examination and it is recommended to move around a little bit if you are comfortable with this before having a petct nuclear medicine scan. If any special circumstances arise, please let your doctor or nurse know and a staff member will take you out of the nuclear medicine department.

Shanghai Huashan Hospital is the abbreviation of Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, founded in 1907, is a hospital founded by the Chinese in the Shanghai area, has become a national high-level medical institutions, and for the country's medical treatment, pre, teaching and research combined with the technical center, enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.