CT and PET/CT Access in New Zealand
If you are weighing up CT and PET/CT, the main difference is simple: CT is far more common, while PET/CT tends to be available in fewer places and through fewer providers.
Right now this site links CT to 51 clinics and PET/CT or closely related advanced imaging to 12 clinics. So if you need PET/CT, it usually helps to start with the cities and providers below rather than browsing broadly.
Where CT shows up by city
- Auckland (19)
- Hamilton (6)
- Wellington (4)
- Christchurch (4)
- Lower Hutt (2)
- Palmerston North (2)
- New Plymouth (2)
- Nelson (2)
- Invercargill (2)
- Howick (1)
Where PET/CT shows up by city
- Auckland (5)
- Christchurch (2)
- Hastings (1)
- Hamilton (1)
- Tauranga (1)
- Wellington (1)
- Dunedin (1)
Providers that seem most relevant for PET/CT
- Pacific Radiology (3)
- Allevia Radiology (2)
- I-MED Radiology NZ (2)
- Astra Radiology (1)
- Auckland Radiology Group (1)
- Canopy Imaging (1)
Why PET/CT usually needs a more targeted search
PET/CT is not the sort of scan that tends to show up everywhere. In real life, that usually means you need to be more specific about the city or provider you are looking at. CT, on the other hand, is much easier to find and often gives you more local choice.
That difference matters because it changes the shape of the search. CT behaves more like a mainstream service. PET/CT behaves more like a specialist network, with a smaller set of cities and providers doing most of the visible work.
If you want to compare the live pages directly, use the CT Scan and PET/CT service hubs.