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Title: Are PET and SPECT scans invasive or non-invasive?
Post by: pubsquash on June 08, 2012, 09:05:29 pm

One of my set of notes which I got from a lecture say that they are non-invasive, another set of notes taken from another lecture say they are invasive, and other notes that I got from a student who did psych 3&4 last year say they were mildly invasive as they involve injection of radioactive material.

Title: Re: Are PET and SPECT scans invasive or non-invasive?
Post by: Limista on June 08, 2012, 11:58:30 pm

PET and SPECT are both invasive, since they both involve the injection of radioactive substances.

This means that they 'invade' the body in some way.

Title: Re: Are PET and SPECT scans invasive or non-invasive?
Post by: pubsquash on June 09, 2012, 08:42:12 am

Quote from: Starfish on June 08, 2012, 11:58:30 pm

PET and SPECT are both invasive, since they both involve the injection of radioactive substances.

This means that they 'invade' the body in some way.

Thanks for the clarification! :)

Title: Re: Are PET and SPECT scans invasive or non-invasive?
Post by: Limista on June 09, 2012, 10:58:05 am

 :)