I-Positron Emission Tomography

Ubuchwepheshe be-radionuclide manje basebenzise ngokuqinile emithini yenuzi kanye nezinqubo zanamuhla zokuxilonga. Enye yezindlela ezifundisayo zokucwaninga ngemisebe yi-positron emission tomography. Inzuzo yalokhu kutholakala yiyona ndlela yokwakha imodeli emithathu yenqubo yezinto eziphilayo kanye nezitho zangaphakathi.

Kuyini ukukhipha-positron tomography?

Okuyisisekelo salendlela kubhekene nezakhiwo zama positrons (izinhlayiyana ezinezindleko ezinhle). Banekhono elihlukile lokuxhuma ekuxhumaneni nomswakama ophezulu wamandla.

Ngaphambi kwe-positron emission tomography noma i-PET, i-substanceactive radio injected intravenously, ngokuvamile i-fluorine-18, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi i-carbon-11, i-oxygen-15 ne-nitrogen-13 isetshenziswa. Isikhathi esithile umuntu udinga ukuhlala esimweni sokuphumula, ngakho-ke ama-isotopes e-postitron-eveza emzimbeni. Ngemva kwalokhu, isiguli sifakwe kudivayisi ekhethekile, efana ne-MRI, lapho umzimba wakhe utholakala khona emisebeni engenakulimaza ngokuphelele. Uma kukhona ukuphazanyiswa kwezinqubo zokusebenzisa umzimba noma izifo ezingezansi zangaphandle, izifunda ze-pathological ziqoqa izinto eziningi zokusakaza, okuqoshwe yimishini yekhompyutha. Izinqubo ezibonakalayo zokuvuvukala, kanye nokutheleleka ngegciwane ezivela ezithombeni ezinombala.

Uphi i-positron emission tomography esetshenzisiwe?

Ngokuyinhloko, ubuchwepheshe obuchazwe busetshenziswa ekuxilongweni komdlavuza. I-PET ingathola umdlavuza ekuqaleni noma esigabeni saso, lapho kusengabikho izibonakaliso. Ngokuyinhloko, i-tomography isetshenziselwa ukuthola izicubu:

Le nqubo inikeza ukuqapha kwezingubo zomzimba ezingasayizi kusuka ku-1 mm, kanye nokuxilongwa kwezinqubo ze-metastasis. Kufanele kuqaphele ukuthi i-tomography isisiza ukuthi ubone ukuthi i-chemotherapy ephumelelayo ingakanani. Inqubo eyenziwa emva kokuhamba kwemithi ibonisa ukwehla komsebenzi wamangqamuzana omdlavuza, ukukhula kwabo nokuthuthukiswa kwabo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-PET isetshenziselwa ukuguqula izifo zenhliziyo, ukuphazamiseka kwe-circulatory, ukunciphisa imithanguzo ye-coronary, imiphumela yokuhlasela kwenhliziyo nokugubha, ukuqina kwe-stenosis. Ubuchwepheshe buhlinzeka ngeso lengqondo le-muscle we-cardiac ngezilinganiso ezintathu ezingxenyeni ezingu-60.

Futhi i-positron emission computer tomography yobuchopho isetshenziswa ngamandla. Ukuxilongwa ngePET kuvumela ukubona:

Njengoba umuthi wezokwelapha ubonisa, uma wenza i-positron ukuphuma kwe-tomography ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ungahlakulela imithi yokwelashwa efanele futhi efanelekile, ngokuvamile ehluke kakhulu izimiso zokwelapha ngaphandle kokuqhuba lolu cwaningo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuxilongwa kwezicubu zesifo somdlavuza ngesikhathi sokuqala kunika amaphesenti aphezulu ekuphumeleleni ukulwa nalezi zifo, kusiza ukufezekisa ukwelashwa okuphelele komdlavuza.

Okuphawulekayo ikakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwe-PET nge-neurology. Isifo se-Alzheimer esisesimweni sawo sokuqala sinomthelela omuhle ekwelapheni, futhi ukuxilongwa okutholakele kuyosiza kakhulu ekunciphiseni ukusabalala kwe-pathology. Ukwelashwa kokuqala kokuqala kunciphisa izinga lokufa kwezicubu zobuchopho nokuphela kokusebenza kwezinye izindawo zayo.