2009 Publicly Funded PET Scanners and Cyclotrons in Canada
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Province |
Hospital or Centre |
City |
Type |
Number of Cyclotrons |
Additional Information |
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British Columbia |
BC Cancer Agency |
Vancouver |
PET/CT (1) |
1 |
TRIUMF cyclotron operates principally f or research |
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1 (anticipated) |
New on-site cyclotron and radio-pharmaceutical lab expected to be operational in November of 2009 |
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Alberta |
Cross Cancer Institute |
Edmonton |
PET PET/CT (1) |
1 |
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University of Alberta Hospital |
Edmonton |
PET/CT (1) |
FDG obtained from Cross Cancer Institute |
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Foothills Hospital |
Calgary |
PET/CT (1) |
FDG obtained from Cross Cancer Institute |
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Manitoba |
Health Sciences Centre |
Winnipeg |
PET/CT (1) |
1 (anticipated) |
New on-site cyclotron expected to be operational in the summer of 2009 |
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Ontario |
Hamilton Health Sciences |
Hamilton |
PET (1) |
1 |
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St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton |
Hamilton |
PET/CT (1) |
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The Ottawa Hospital |
Ottawa |
PET/CT (1) |
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute |
Ottawa |
PET/CT (1) |
1 |
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
Toronto |
PET (1) |
1 |
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Princess Margaret Hospital |
Toronto |
PET/CT (2) |
1 (anticipated) |
New on-site cyclotron expected to be operational in late 2009 |
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
Toronto |
PET/CT (1) |
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St. Joseph’s Health Care |
London |
PET/CT (1) |
1 (anticipated) |
New on-site cyclotron expected to be operational in the summer of 2009 |
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Hospital for Sick Children |
Toronto |
PET/CT (1) |
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Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre |
Thunder Bay |
PET/CT (1) |
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Quebec † |
McGill University Health Centre (Montreal General Hospital) |
Montreal |
PET/CT (1) |
FDG obtained from cyclotrons at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Université de Sherbrooke Hospital |
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Hôtel-Dieu Hospital (Centre hospitalier |
Montreal |
PET/CT (1) |
FDG obtained from privately owned cyclotron (Pharmalogic PET Services, Montreal) |
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Hôtel-Dieu Hospital (Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec) |
Quebec City |
PET/CT (1) |
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Université |
Sherbrooke |
PET/CT (1) |
1 |
Current cyclotron operates principally for research. Second on-site cyclotron planned for 2010 |
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Jewish General Hospital |
Montreal |
PET/CT (1) |
FDG obtained from Pharmalogic PET Services, Montreal |
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Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont |
Montreal |
PET/CT (1) |
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CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital |
Montreal |
PET/CT (1) |
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Centre hospitalier régional de Trois-Rivières |
Trois-Rivières |
PET/CT (1) |
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Centre de santé et de services sociaux Rimouski-Neigette |
Rimouski |
PET/CT (1) |
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Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Chicoutimi |
Chicoutimi |
PET/CT (1) |
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Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Gatineau |
Gatineau |
PET/CT (1) |
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New Brunswick |
Saint John Regional Hospital |
Saint John |
PET/CT (1) |
FDG supplied by Sherbrooke cyclotron |
Another PET/CT scanner anticipated to be operating at the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital in Moncton by late 2010 or early 2011 |
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Newfoundland and Labrador |
Saint John’s |
PET/CT (1)anticipated |
1 (anticipated) |
Expected to be operational by 2012 or 2013 |
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Nova Scotia |
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre |
Halifax |
PET/CT (1) |
1 (anticipated) |
New on-site cyclotron anticipated to be operational in 2010 |
CT=computed tomography; FDG= 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-Glucose; PET=positron emission tomography
*The information provided here is based on communications with health care officials in corresponding jurisdictions.
† Quebec also funds PET scanners used for research purposes at the following centres: Montreal Neurological Institute (two PET scanners), Montreal’s Notre-Dame Hospital (one PET/CT scanner), and Université de Sherbrooke Hospital (one PET/CT scanner).