Dr.Magnet
PET/CT
The PET/CT centre of BIONT, a. s. is the most modern medical facility in the field of nuclear medicine in Slovakia. Since the beginning of its activity in 2005, it has been a top workplace in the field of PET/CT diagnostics.
- After the installation of a new generation PET/CT system, the PET/CT centre ensures an increase in the quality of imaging examinations and a reduction in the waiting time for examinations, while significantly reducing the radiation burden on the patient under examination.
- The GE MilleniumVG Hawkeye coincident SPECT/CT gamma camera enables the facility to perform the full spectrum of nuclear medicine examinations.
- PET/MR fusion-co-registration: a PET/CT modality can be interfaced and fused with MR modalities imaged from another site using a multi-modality software solution.
In August 2012, in cooperation with Dr.MAGNET s. r. o., the PET/CT technology was modernized, which allows to perform more precise diagnostic examinations using positron radiopharmaceuticals. The cooperation is a unique and successful “public-private” project. BIONT, Inc. and Dr. MAGNET, Ltd. have combined the power of years of experience of top-notch personnel with the most advanced PET/CT tomograph technology available from Philips, the Gemini TF 64 Time Of Flight system with Ingenuity TF upgrade. Dr. MAGNET, Ltd.’s investment in staff, modern technology and equipment has allowed us to increase the number of patients seen and significantly reduce the wait time for an examination. In addition, it has also brought about a significant reduction in radioactive doses, thus protecting the patient’s health.
The state-of-the-art instrumentation senses the functional-metabolic picture of the patient simultaneously with anatomical imaging via a CT scan with a 64-layer computed tomography scanner.
In 2012, the department began routine screening of patients with brain tumors using the radiopharmaceutical 11C-methionine.Since November 2014, the department has been using another positron radiopharmaceutical, 18F-Choline, in the diagnosis of prostate cancer recurrence.
The device is preferably used for diagnostics in the field of oncological, cardiovascular and neurological diseases.
MUDr. Pavol Povinec, PhD.
Head Doctor
PET/CT Centre Profile
- The GE MilleniumVG Hawkeye coincident SPECT/CT gamma camera enables the facility to perform the full spectrum of nuclear medicine examinations.
- PET/MR fusion-co-registration: a PET/CT modality can be linked and fused with MR modalities imaged from another site using a multimodal software solution.
- The Gemini TF 64 Time Of Flight with integrated Brilliance 64 CT scanner has exceptional sensitivity in fast scans, a significant reduction in radiation burden to the patient in both PET and CT scans, high resolution capability in lesion detection, and also exceptional anatomical detail.
- System performance can be optimized based on the physician’s request for a patient examination.
- Whole-body imaging with currently the best possible spatial resolution of 2 mm and 4D Time Of Flight (pulmonary gating) allows unique imaging of lesions and thus more accurate and faster diagnosis.
- The Extended Brilliance Workspace post-processing stations with advanced software applications significantly improve the patient’s diagnostic capabilities and simplify the work of the specialist staff.
- The PET/CT technology enables CT scans to be performed in the so-called “low-dose” mode, especially for the purpose of localisation and attenuation correction, and thus also allows a significant reduction of the X-ray dose to the patient without loss of image quality.
Contact
PET/CT Centre BIONT, a. s.
Dr. MAGNET, s. r. o.
Karloveská 63
842 29 Bratislava
Tel.: +421 2 2067 0187
MUDr. Pavol Povinec, PhD. – Head Physician (Biont, a.s.)
