Expanding Diagnostic Capabilities
with SPECT/CT
Since mid 2006, Adventist Medical Center’s Nuclear Medicine
Department has been pleased to offer new technology and
capabilities to Portland and the Northwest Region. Cutting edge
molecular technologies such as SPECT/CT (Single-Photon Emission
Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography CAT scan) help to
provide improved detection, diagnosis, and therapy planning for
cardiac, oncology, and neurology diseases as well as many other
disease problems.
The Symbia T® SPECT/CT system is the most sophisticated of its
kind in the Northwest and first SPECT/CT scanner in Portland.
This technology combines the important technologies of SPECT and
CT to create an important new diagnostic imaging system.
The anatomical information from a CT scan is merged with
biological function recorded by a SPECT scanner to produce an
image that records the shape and functional processes of living
tissues. By bringing together a CT scan’s anatomical detail that
helps to pinpoint the location of abnormal tissue with SPECT
technology’s ability to detect changes in patients’ molecular
activity, SPECT/CT systems improve image clarity and detail and
help physicians make earlier more accurate diagnoses.
Patient benefits include earlier diagnosis, accurate staging and
localization, more precise treatment and patient monitoring.
With the state-of-the-art images that SPECT/CT provides, patient
outcomes are enhanced and unnecessary procedures are avoided.
Additionally, the system features a comfortable patient opening
and is designed to be very accessible, flexible and comfortable
while also providing exceptional image quality and accuracy of
diagnostic information.
A versatile system, the SPECT/CT scanner is used to image
patients with a variety of diseases including cardiac disease,
cancer and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
In fact, one of the key advantages of the SPECT/CT, is the
ability to use a multitude of FDA- approved tracers to target
various tumors at their source and detect metastatic cancer
-sometimes too small to see otherwise- that has spread to other
parts of the body. The precise anatomic localization of cancers
and infections that the SPECT/CT systems provide enable
physicians to enhance therapy planning for individual patients
and accurately assess treatment.
Adventist Medical Center has provided comprehensive nuclear
medicine healthcare services to the Portland community for more
than 40 years. Expanding our diagnostic capabilities with the
addition of the Siemens Symbia T® SPECT/CT will ensure our
ability to continue to serve the community with high-quality
services and cost-effective care to our patients.
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Monday -
Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
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Adventist Medical Center, main level |
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10123 SE
Market Street |
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Portland,
OR 97216 |
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503-257-2500 ext. 7790 |
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Fax
503-251-6236 |
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