PET Centre

About Us

The PET center, based on the recommendation of the attending physician, provides diagnostic imaging in the field of nuclear medicine to patients referred from Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka, and, if capacity allows, also to patients referred from other healthcare facilities.

Imaging methods have been represented by positron emission tomography (PET) since 1999 and, since 2003, also by hybrid positron emission and computed tomography (PET/CT), which is at the forefront of the diagnostics of oncological and some inflammatory and neurological diseases. The department has introduced these methods into clinical practice as the first one in the Czech Republic. It has two PET/CT scanners, the most modern of their kind, which were complemented in July 2023 by a PET/MR scanner, the most complex hybrid imaging system ever. Today, the department is one of the largest in Europe with an annual production of over 10,000 PET/CT and PET/MR examinations. PET/CT, together with PET/MR, is available in a separate building of the PET Centre Prague in the Homolka campus. These methods are associated with medical radiation and their implementation in accordance with national radiological standards is certified by an external clinical audit. In addition to providing routine diagnostic procedures, the department participates in tens of research clinical trials in accordance with the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Scintigraphy, including SPECT, and radionuclide therapy are performed at the partner Clinic of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology in the Motol campus.

Quality Management System

The department has implemented a quality management system according to the standard ISO 9001:2000 and later ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 9001:2015 certified since 2004 by DET NORSKE VERITAS CZ s.r.o and in 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2025/2026 recertified by LL-C (Certification) Czech Republic s.r.o. for current activities: Diagnostic services using hybrid imaging methods, including the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals. All services are provided according to an approved Quality Assurance Policy. The quality management system is highly valued by independent auditors.