A Carbon-11 Methionine PET Scan Can Confirm Remission with Dr Toshihiko Sato

About this episode

Dr. Toshihiko Sato discusses the urgent nature and technology behind carbon-11 methionine PET scans for confirming cancer remission.

Send us Fan Mail A scan that can’t wait sounds like science fiction until you hear the numbers: carbon-11 has a 12-minute half-life, which means a carbon-11 methionine PET scan has to be made onsite, injected fast, and run immediately or the signal can vanish. That time pressure is exactly why we traveled to Japan to talk with Dr. Toshihiko Sato at the Utsunomiya Clinic, where they produce specialized PET radiotracers and perform total-body methionine PET imaging that many hospitals simply ca...

People in this episode

Host: Joe Grumbine

Guest: Dr Toshihiko Sato

Topics covered

• medical imaging
• PET scan
• cancer remission
• health technology
• radiotracers

Keywords

• carbon-11
• methionine
• PET scan
• remission
• Utsunomiya Clinic
• radiotracers
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Utsunomiya Clinic

Products: carbon-11 methionine PET scan

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