Salem Radiology's doctors provide professional radiology services at New England PET Imaging's Methuen location (NE PET), located on the grounds of Caritas Holy Family Hospital.

PET is a breakthrough medical imaging technology. While tests such as CT and MRI provide information on anatomy and structure, PET examines metabolic process within the body. By focusing on the biochemistry of organs and tissues within the body, PET can often detect disease before anatomic changes result and which then become evident on conventional imaging tests such as CT, MRI, or X-ray.

NE PET operates a state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner. PET/CT combines in one single study the functional information of PET with the anatomical information provided by a CT scan. This PET/CT information will enable your physician to pinpoint the exact location of interest and helps in making an accurate diagnosis.

While PET testing is used in several specialties including cardiology and neurology, its primary application is in the detection, staging, and monitoring of cancer. New England PET Imaging's Methuen location has played an integral role in cancer care of not only Holy Family Hospital patients but patients throughout the Merrimack Valley since opening in 2000.