Any radiographers/radiologists on here?

[Spinney]

Quick question on PET scanners.
When you are talking about a PET scan, do you say 'pet scan' or 'P. E. T. scan' (in the same way that you might say 'C. T. scan') ??
Ta!

 

[Globalti]

Any acronym that can, will become a word in the English language: Vascar. Radar. Umist. Snafu. Awol. Sonar.

If it can't, it remains an initialism: OMG, BBC, IBM, NCR.

 

[Spinney]

Thought that might be the case, but this is for a video voice-over and I'd like to be sure.

 

[midlife]

PET as in "fluffy fury animal around the house" scan......... well that's what we call them here in Cumbria. However, often combined with a CT for extra info so becomes a PET-CT scan.

Shaun

 

[Spinney]

Thanks @midlife, I thought it might be the fluffy option but just wanted to check!

 

[ColinJ]

While we are at it ... Why did CT scans stop being called CAT scans?

 

[midlife]

It sort of stopped when scanners became more sophisticated. The originals from way back when could only format images in the axial plane (the A in CAT scan), now they can do much more so the "A" got dropped........... 15 years ago?

Shaun

 

[Globalti]

Yeah? So what about the lab reports?

 

[ColinJ]

Something to do with the RSPCA, I think.

People turning up at their local vets for them instead of going to radiology at the hospital!

 

[Fubar]

Quick question on PET scanners.
When you are talking about a PET scan, do you say 'pet scan' or 'P. E. T. scan' (in the same way that you might say 'C. T. scan') ??
Ta!

I'm not but come into irregular contact with them (on a purely professional basis, you understand...) and all call them PET (cocker spaniel, fluffy bunny, etc) scan rather than P.E.T. scan. in my experience.

 

[Bimble]

That's an easy one. What about fMRI?

Fumry?

What is a fMRI anyway, not heard of that one?

 

[winjim]

Fumry?

What is a fMRI anyway, not heard of that one?

Functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Fun fact: MRI should more properly be called NMRI, but they didn't think people would want to be put inside a machine with the word nuclear in its name.