The nuclear medicine department of CH NEVERS, France, led by Dr Ahond-Vionnet, has 2 Gamma-Camera systems (one double-head Millenium MG and one hybrid Infinia Hawkeye4).

Since April 2008, the department is equipped with a GE PET/CT Discovery RX with Motion Free and PET VCAR applications.

This PET/CT system helps clinicians to improve diagnostics and therapy follow-up of patients with cancerous lesions.

Thanks to Motion Free, we help radiotherapy physicists and physicians to define more accurately the irradiation dose and volume for RT planning.

Female - 45 years old - 163cm - 44kg

A PET/CT exam was requested for disease staging of voluminous left mediastinal-hilar tumor.

Abdominal and cerebral CT was normal one month ago.

CT : A mass in the left superior lobe with partial atelectasy ; mediastinal adenopathies difficult to differentiate from the left superior mass.

Scanner: GE Discovery RX

Thoracic : There is a hypermetabolic left mediastinal-hilar mass, with partial atelectasy on the left superior lobe. Small adenopathies are found in the anterior superior mediastinum.

There is also a small uptake on the right cotyle.

Confirmation of a hypermetabolic left mediastinal-hilar mass, with partial atelectasy on the left superior lobe.

Small adenopathies are found in the anterior superior mediastinum.