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12/09/2002
New PET scanner installed at Royal Victoria Hospital
Cancer sufferers and patients with heart problems are set to benefit from a new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning facility at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
The PET scanner, which was funded by private and charitable donations, is only the fifth of its kind to be installed in Europe, and was officially opened Health Minister Bairbre de Brún yesterday.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is an advanced radioisotope imaging technology which can distinguish between malignant and non-malignant cancers and, in patients suffering from a heart attack, between dead heart tissue and tissue which may recover.
Speaking at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Minister said: "This is a state-of-the-art facility that provides us with a world-class research and clinical diagnostic resource.
"The technology promises to bring a number of benefits in the treatment of cancers and heart disease, including more accurate diagnosis and consequently better targeted therapies.
"The addition of PET technology to our imaging portfolio will allow for more advanced treatment and enhance the management of patient care. The facility here will also provide a centre for research and teaching which, I believe, will produce great benefits to the service, the wider public and the local economy."
The scanner is now operational and will provide a modern imaging facility incorporating new and emerging technology and advances in patient care and treatment.
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The PET scanner, which was funded by private and charitable donations, is only the fifth of its kind to be installed in Europe, and was officially opened Health Minister Bairbre de Brún yesterday.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is an advanced radioisotope imaging technology which can distinguish between malignant and non-malignant cancers and, in patients suffering from a heart attack, between dead heart tissue and tissue which may recover.
Speaking at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Minister said: "This is a state-of-the-art facility that provides us with a world-class research and clinical diagnostic resource.
"The technology promises to bring a number of benefits in the treatment of cancers and heart disease, including more accurate diagnosis and consequently better targeted therapies.
"The addition of PET technology to our imaging portfolio will allow for more advanced treatment and enhance the management of patient care. The facility here will also provide a centre for research and teaching which, I believe, will produce great benefits to the service, the wider public and the local economy."
The scanner is now operational and will provide a modern imaging facility incorporating new and emerging technology and advances in patient care and treatment.
(MB)
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