Russia’s regions create modern Nuclear Medicine Centers

The Orel region in Central Russia is ready to launch this coming spring its Nuclear Medicine Center for early diagnostics of cancers and cardiovascular diseases, the website of the Russian Agency for Medical and Social Information reported.  The new Center is said to be supplied with “most up-to-date high-tech equipment,” including a state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner. 

The PET/CT (positron emission and X-ray computed tomography) technology enables a very detailed checkup of a patient’s organs and system during a single examination. While PET helps pinpoint tiniest tumors in the human body, CT can identify their exact location and size.