What the Patient Should Expect

THERE IS ONLY 1 IMAGE. PLEASE PUT IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AS THOUGH IT WAS A CASE TO OPEN. BUT MAKE IT PERMANENTLY OPEN, SO THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CLICKED ON TO OPEN

Patient’s height and weight documented upon arrival at the facility:

• Data entered into PET/CT machine.
• Permits proper calibration & calculation of SUV’s.

Patient brought to private room and placed in reclining lounge chair:

• Our rooms are dimly lit, with a private television and headphones.
• Patient rests in a very comfortable La-Z-Boy recliner.
• Pillows and blankets are provided for patient comfort.

Patient drinks 32-ounces of oral contrast cocktail (recipe here): 

• While many radiologists administer oral contrast only to patients with known intra-abdominal masses, we administer our oral contrast cocktail to all patients.

Patient injected intravenously