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Qatar: Sidra to have PET scan centre

The Peninsula
 
 
08 November 2009

DOHA: Qatar will soon be a hub for medical research as the Sidra Medical Research Centre, Qatar UniversityQatar UniversityLoading... (QUQULoading...) and CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, set up a Cyclotron Research Centre next year with the primary focus of producing radioactive isotopes necessary for a PET scanning centre planned for Sidra.

PET or Positron Emission Tomography scan which is very useful to detect cancer and check whether there is still some signs of cancer after one has had treatment, as well as heart problems is a unique type of imaging test that helps doctors see how the organs and tissues inside the body are actually functioning.

A PET scan can measure such vital functions as blood flow, oxygen use, and glucose metabolism, which helps doctors identify abnormal from normal functioning organs and tissues. The scan can also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a patient's treatment plan, allowing the course of care to be adjusted if necessary.

Currently, PET scans are most commonly used to detect cancer, heart problems (such as coronary artery disease and damage to the heart following a heart attack), brain disorders (including brain tumors, memory disorders, seizures) and other central nervous system disorders.

Sidra, QUQULoading... and CERN will set up the Cyclotron Research Centre, which will be headed by Prof. Ilham Y Al Qaradawi, next year. The location still has yet to be decided. The Cyclotron Research Centre will build a cyclotron accelerator here with the primary focus of producing radioactive isotopes necessary for a PET scanning center planned for Sidra. Prof. David Kerr, Chief Research Adviser at Sidra, said a cyclotron accelerator is needed to make a PET scanner work.

CERN and QUQULoading... are also collaborating on sending students from the university to CERN to learn more about science.

"We offer students from Qatar UniversityQatar UniversityLoading... three months of lectures and we allow them to join in experiments... We also offer visit programmes," said Dr. Lars Jorgensen from CERN. Jorgensen is also assisting an experiment with QUQULoading... called AEGIS (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy), which aims to measure the effect of gravity on antimatter.

By Joyce C Abaño

© The Peninsula 2009

 
 
 
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