{"id":7531,"date":"2023-06-21T22:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biont.sk\/?page_id=7531"},"modified":"2023-06-28T09:35:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T07:35:29","slug":"types-of-examinations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biont.sk\/en\/types-of-examinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of examinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7531\" class=\"elementor elementor-7531\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a31de7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a31de7b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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satisfaction survey<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce0779b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce0779b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You may send the completed survey via e-mail to biont@biont.sk or via post to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biont.sk\/en\/contacts\/\">company address<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad82d86\" data-id=\"ad82d86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-249d3f1 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order to examine a particular organ. The patient is placed under a diagnostic device \u2013 a camera. The procedure is selected based on the organ that is to be examined, e.g., simple static imaging, dynamic imaging, or a whole-body scan.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597c1fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"597c1fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Positron Emission Tomography (PET)<span style=\"color:#C50007\">.<\/span> <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3faeef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3faeef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a type of imaging method that can reliably detect and localise serious development of a disease. It is a highly specialised diagnostic method of the nuclear medicine. The use of this imaging method has been a big step forward in the area of medicine and it has saved countless lives. If your specialist recommends a PET scan, there\u2019s no need to worry. Your doctor will get a physiological profile of your body, thus be able to identify the location of the disease more precisely and subsequently choose the appropriate treatment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-497d39d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"497d39d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)<span style=\"color:#C50007\">.<\/span> <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b4fdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12b4fdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(SPECT - Single Photon Emission Computer Tomography) <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d17998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d17998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SPECT scan is a tomographic imaging that provides a three-dimensional image of the examined organ and shows the organ in various cross-sections. It allows for a more sensitive and precise imaging of the smaller focal points of disease. During the examination, there are usually two detectors circulating the patient\u2019s body and continually recording it from different angles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4cfd0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4cfd0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PET\/CT<span style=\"color:#C50007\">.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b413ea2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b413ea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PET\/CT is a PET imaging test combined with a simultaneous CT scan. During a CT scan, the patient\u2019s body is exposed to X-rays that show detailed images of the shapes and structures of the particular organs. For a better distinction of the organs, it is sometimes necessary to administer the contrast material intravenously. A combined PET\/CT scan represents one of the most prominent diagnostic tools of modern medicine. PET and PET\/CT are mostly used in oncology diagnostics and in relation to neurological and cardiovascular diseases. It is a very effective method to confirm or exclude the presence of a tumour, assess its aggressiveness, and detect whether the tumour is spreading in the organism. It can also provide an answer to the question of how the disease is responding to the treatment or whether the patient has been healed completely.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ca8697 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ca8697\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fda20b1\" data-id=\"fda20b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b007be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b007be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Positron Emission Tomography?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-984d131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"984d131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The basis of this diagnostic method is formed by positrons emitted from a radioactive material. In order to explain the principle to the readers without the intricate medical terms, let\u2019s have a more simplified look at the procedure, despite it being the result of many years of research.<\/p><p>Before the examination, the patient receives a glucose-based radioactive medicine, in other words a radiopharmaceutical, into the vein. In most cases, it is the Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F). The amount of radiation doesn\u2019t pose a risk to you. It is usually compared to the amount of radiation used in two X-ray exams of the chest. In the human body, this material acts like a glucose, which means that the cells can absorb it as a source of energy. Once the cells absorb the \u201cmarked\u201d glucose, the PET device is able to scan the level of positron radiation emitted from the cells using its rings (a big white tunnel). The positrons are emitted from the radioactive material that the cells have absorbed. Based on the levels of radiation in the particular tissues, doctors can diagnose the differences in the organ, tissue, and cell structures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-668c959 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"668c959\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dcf143\" data-id=\"7dcf143\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01ab01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e01ab01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which diseases can be detected by Positron Emission Tomography?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcbcdd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcbcdd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The radioactive material spreads via blood into the whole body. During the examination, the doctors are looking for any deviations from normal \u2013 that is, whether the cells have absorbed more or less of the modified glucose.<\/p><p>Positron Emission Tomography is mostly used for the oncology diagnostics and the assessment of the effects of the anticancer therapy. The cancer cells and tumours absorb a lot larger amount of glucose than healthy benign cells, so the radioactive material gathers in them and emits a larger number of positrons causing the area to clearly differentiate itself in the final image.<\/p><p>It can also be used for the diagnostics of heart diseases, especially when it comes to the blood supply to the heart. PET scan can detect scar tissue, lower heart function, and coronary artery diseases. It has also found its use in neurology, in particular in the mapping of brain activity and imaging of the developing inflammation in the body. These tissues consume glucose in higher amounts than healthy tissues.<\/p><p>In diagnostic centres, there are mostly PET\/CT scans in use. Positron Emission Tomography can recognise the biological functions of the body, but it has a lower resolution for imaging. Therefore, in order to determine the precise location and shape of the affected area, we use the technology called Computer Tomography, also known as CT.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customer satisfaction survey You may send the completed survey via e-mail to biont@biont.sk or via post to the\u00a0company address https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a2hbZJafyZk Nuclear medicine examinations use a small amount of radioactive material that is injected, most usually into the patient\u2019s vein, in order to examine a particular organ. 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