How much does an ECT examination cost?

ECT, also known as Computed Tomography, is an instrument that utilizes radionuclides for examination. Through this machine, organs and diseased areas can be scanned, enabling doctors to understand the specific condition of the patient. Therefore, it is considered a highly advanced and precise inspection instrument. However, due to its relatively high cost, the examination fees are also correspondingly expensive. Let's take a look at how much it costs specifically.

1. How much does an ECT examination cost?

ECT examination involves introducing radioactive drugs into the human body. After metabolism, a radioactive concentration difference is formed between the diseased area and normal tissue, allowing for the diagnosis of diseases. ECT can perform planar imaging, tomographic imaging, static imaging, and dynamic imaging, as well as local and whole-body imaging. It is primarily used for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer, the detection of bone tumors, and especially for the detection of bone metastases, which can be diagnosed 3-6 months earlier than ordinary X-ray films. The cost of ECT varies depending on the location and level of the hospital, but generally, the examination of one area costs approximately 1000 yuan.

2. Clinical Applications

(1) Brain

The brain is an important neural hub and organ responsible for ideology in the human body. PET is primarily focused on the brain. Using PET to study regional cerebral blood flow and oxygen utilization, it can obtain quantitative images of regional cerebral blood flow and metabolic status of brain tissue. This is a noninvasive method for studying brain function in vivo.

(2) Heart

PET can be used to diagnose myocardial infarction, and the size of the infarction can be calculated from PET images.

(3) Tumors

When brain lesions occur in the midline or near the skull base, it is difficult to detect them using conventional γ cameras. However, using PET, lesions in these areas can be easily detected. For other solid organs such as liver and kidney tumors, ECT examination is more effective than conventional γ cameras. There have been reports of using 11C-labeled tryptophan for PET imaging of the pancreas, and the results obtained were better than those using the original 75 selenium-methionine.