Total Body Scan ®

The Total Body Scan provides a complete picture of your whole body. During this examination the vital organs and blood vessels are examined. In order to obtain the best possible picture of your body, we recommend the supplementary Cardio-Plus programme as well as the extensive laboratory tests of blood, urine and other factors that may play a role in your personal situation (see prices). Scans alone give a lot of information about the internal structures, but not, for example, about the functioning of organs , such as the heart, liver, thyroid glands and the kidneys.

All of the results are analysed by a team of specialists.
Who could possibly analyse the heart better than a Cardiologist, or the brain by a Neuroradiologist?

A Total Body Scan has a duration of 3-4 hours. You will be given CD-Roms of the images made during the scan on the day of examination. You can have a telephone consultation with the GP within 24 hours of your examinations to discuss your results. You will receive hard copies of your reports within 2-3 days. The Total Body Scan was developed by, and is under the constant supervision of 28 medical specialists (and authorities in their own specific field), and the earlier mentioned Vienna Medical Scientific Board. The content of the examination programme is consistently tested and improved according to the latest criteria and developments in medical science.

Prescan's Total Body Scan is rated with a 9 by The Times!

During the Total Body Scan the following subjects are examined:

Skull and brain

• The possible risks of cerebral infarct/ brain haemorrhage
• Benign and malignant tumours
• Infections
• Obstructions or changes in the forms of the major blood vessels

Blood vessels to the brain (A. Carotids)

• Obstructions or changes of the form/shape of the arteries, that could result in a cerebral infarct or haemorrhage.

Heart (If examined with CT*)

• Calcification of the coronary arteries that could result in a heart infarction. Risk ascertainment for the next five years infections of the heart muscle and pericardium.
  * For CT: See risk factors.
  If a CT is not appropriate we will replace this with the 'Cardioprogramme Plus'.

Lungs (If examined with CT*)

• Tumours
• Infections
• Scar tissue
• Emphysema
• Condition of the aorta
  * For CT: See risk factors.
  If you aren't a heavy smoker, we will replace the CT of the lungs with a 'peak flow examination'.

Upper abdomen

• Description of the organs of the upper abdomen
• Tracing / exclusion of tumours in the liver, pancreas, kidneys and the gall bladder
• Check up for gall stones
• Check up of the spleen
• Tracing of cysts
• Checking and recognition of enlargements of the lymph glands
• Condition of the aorta

Male/female pelvis (lower abdomen)

• Description of the organs of the lower abdomen such as the bladder, prostate, the uterus and the ovaries
• The tracing of tumours , external changes and a prolapsed bladder
• Tracing of cysts; recognition of enlargement of the lymph glands
• Condition of the aorta
• Control of the lower spinal column, the pelvis and hip joints

Supplementary to the Total Body Scan

To get a more complete picture of your health, you can include the following examinations in your Total Body Scan:

• Complete laboratory tests (blood, urine, and stool tests):
  Including cholesterol, complete blood count, haematology, biochemistry, glucose, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
• Cardio programme Plus;
  Consisting of the following assessments:
  Echocardiogram and Resting ECG

More information about MRI and CT scans

During the Total Body Scan use is made of the MRI-scanner and, if deemed necessary the CT-scanner.

If you have metal implants (e.g.pacemaker etc)in your body, you may not be eligible to undergo an MRI-scan. In that case the above mentioned MRI-scans will be substituted by an alternative method of examination.

The Extremities

From a preventive point of view it is not recommended to have the arms and legs scanned. If you do happen to have complaints concerning your arms and legs we then suggest that you apply for a specific individual scan. We also offer specific scans for the joints and blood vessels of the arms and legs, which provide a more highly detailed picture than that of a general body scan.

Patients who have a medical history concerning tumours

Prescan does not carry out control check-ups on patients who have previously had cancer.