Nuclear Medicine is defined as that branch of medicine in which radioactive materials (unsealed sources of radiation) are used for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Diagnostic imaging of the lungs, brain, thyroid, stomach, salivary glands, liver, kidneys, bone, heart, adrenal glands as well as sites of occult infection, is achieved using a sophisticated Gamma Camera with tomographic facilities linked to computer systems. Non-imaging procedures e.g. thyroid uptake tests, GFR estimations and haematological tests are also performed.
The Department of Nuclear Medicine offers services in:
1. Diagnostic Studies
- Brain SPECT
- Thyroid I-131 /Tc-99m
- Parathyroid
- Breast
- Bone Scan – Whole body
- Bone Scan – 3 phase + Whole body
- Bone scan – SPECT + Whole body
- Myocardial Perfusion – Rest/Sterr (TMT/Adenosine) or Rest/Redistribution
- MUGA (Rest)
- Lung Perfusion
- Venogram
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- Liver/Spleen
- Hepatobiliary
- GE Reflux
- GI Bleed
- Renal – DTPA/MAG-3
- Renal – DMSA (Cortical)
- Renal – VCUG
- Lymph Node Scan
- Gallium Scan
- Octreoscan
- MIBG Scan
- Others
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2. Therapeutic
- 1-131 Therapy (Grave/Cancer)
- Sr.89 Therapy (Metastatic Bone Pain)
- Samarium Therapy
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