DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

OVERVIEW

The department has been upgraded and equipped with advanced state of the art dual-headed Gamma Camera with a SPECT-CT facility. The department provides a variety of diagnostic scans, therapeutic procedures, and radioimmunoassay.

TREATMENTS &  PROCEDURES

I) RADIONUCLIDE SCANS

Gastroenterology:

• Hepatobiliary Scan
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux
• GI Bleed Scintigraphy
• Meckelʼs diverticulum Scintigraphy
• Gastric emptying
• Blood pool study

Nephrology:

• Renogram
• Renal scan (DMSA-III)
• Vesicoureteric reflux

Oncology:

• Scintimammography
• Gallium scan
• Liver/spleen SPECT scan
• MIBI scan
• DMSA - V Scan

Neurology:

• Brain SPECT scan

Cardiology:

• Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy
• Myocardial viability
• LV ejection fraction (MUGA)

ORTHOPAEDICS:

• Bone scan
• Bone graft viability

PULMONARY SYSTEM:

• Lung perfusion

ENDOCRINE:

• Thyroid scan
• 1-131 Whole body scan
• 1-131 MIBG scan
• Parathyroid scintigraphy

OTHERS:

• Lymphoscintigraphy
• Gallium scan for infection
• Dacryoscintigraphy
• Salivary Scintigraphy
• Radionuclide Venogram

II) RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY

• 1-31 therapy for hyperthyroidism
• 1-31 therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer
• Palliative treatment of painful bone metastasis
• P-32 therapy for Polycythemia Vera