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Radiology home
New Britain General campus:
100 Grand Street
New Britain, CT 06050
(860) 224-5011
(860) 225-6244

Bradley Memorial campus:
81 Meriden Avenue
Southington, CT 06489
(860) 276-5000
(860) 276-5055
 

PET scan

New Britain General campus

Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning detects changes in chemical activity in the body that can show heart, brain and nervous system conditions, as well as cancer in its early stages. In this non-invasive test, patients receive a very small dose of a radioactive chemical (called a radiotracer), which travels to the targeted area of the body. The PET scanner scans the targeted organ/area, detecting and recording energy given off by the radiotracer. A computer converts the energy into three-dimensional pictures.

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> Radiology contact:
(860) 224-5556
New Britain General campus

(860) 276-5381
Bradley Memorial campus

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