Pet Imaging

Here’s a sign that gave me pause … saw it as I wandered the halls of Queen’s Hospital the other week.

“Pet Imaging.” Hmmm, I thought, is that where a person can bring a dog or cat and have its picture taken? Seemed rather silly to me. Why in the world would anybody bring their pet to a hospital to have it photographed?

And then my brain clicked into place. Ohhhhh! They meant “PET scanning” – Positron Emission Tomography – which is nuclear imaging. Like an X-ray, only using radioactive materials.

Somebody quick! Slap me upside the head!