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It
is the specialty dealing with the medical uses of
the so-called “unsealed sources”
of radioactivity. These unsealed sources are chosen
because they are able to
undergo biochemical reactions allowing physiologic
processes to be studied, or
through in-vitro techniques, enable measurement
of very minute amounts of
substances in body fluids. |
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HOW
DOES NUCLEAR MEDICINE WORK? |
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Imaging
The patient is given a radioactive dose which
goes specifically to the body organ
to be examined. The gamma camera takes images
of this organ. These images
are computer processed and the results are read
by our Nuclear Medicine
Physician for interpretation
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_____Imaging Procedures |
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__________- Bone Scintigraphy
(Plain or 3-phase with/without SPECT) |
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__________- Cystography
(Voiding, Retrograde) |
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__________-
Gallium-67 Whole Body Scan Tumor Localization
(e.g. Lymphoma) Occult
Infection Focus
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__________- Gastic
Emptying Time |
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__________- Gastroesophageal
Reflux Scintigraphy |
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__________- G.I. Bleeding/Mechel’s
Diverticulum Scan |
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__________- Glomerular
Filtration Rate (GFR) |
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__________- Hepatobiliary
Scintigraphy (HIDA Scan) |
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__________- Liver/Spleen
Scintigraphy |
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__________- Lung Perfusion/Inhalation
Scan (Routine & Quantitative) |
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__________- MIBG (I-131)
Tumor Localization for Neuroendocrine Tumors |
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__________- Parathyroid
Scintigraphy |
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__________- Renal Scan
(Routine - DTPA and Cortical - DMSA) |
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__________- Renal Transplant
Evaluation (Routine) DTPA |
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__________- Scintimammography |
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__________- Testicular/Scrotal
Scintigraph |
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__________- Thyroid
Metastasis Whole Body I-131 Scan |
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__________- Thyroid
Scan and 2-and-24-hours I-131 Uptake Tumor Localization
- Tc99m-MIBI |
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Radioimmunoassay |
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It
is a special procedure which measures minute bio-chemical
substance used
as indices to detect and monitor various diseases. |
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__________- Thyroid
Function Test |
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__________- Adrenal
Function Test |
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__________- Reproductive
Hormones |
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__________- Tumor Markers |
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Nuclear
Medicine Therapy |
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The
patient is given radio-active pharmaceuticals (swallowed
or injected) which
exert a powerful therapeutic effect. |
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__________- Radioactive
Iodine (RAI) Ablation for Hyperthyroidism: Grave’s |
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___________(Defuse
Toxic Goiter) and Plummer’s (Nodular Toxic
Goiter) Diseases |
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__________- Radioactive
Iodine (RAI) Treatment for Well-differentiated Thyroid |
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___________CA, Papillary
or Follicular CA and Variants |
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__________- Radioactive
Palliation of Metastatic Bone Pains |
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OUR
SPECIAL EQUIPMENTS |
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a.___-our
GE Millenium MPR performs static, dynamic and tomogrphic
imaging |
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_____of the body which
enables various disease states to be accurately
diagnosed. |
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b.___
our GeneSys 5000 performs Radioimmunoassay
with high sensitivity and |
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_____accuracy |
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c.___
our GE-LUNAR Dual Energy X-ray Absorptionmetry
Scanner (DEXA) performs |
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_____Bone Mineral Densitometry
(BMD) which is now widely accepted as a useful |
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_____technique to measure
the status of bone mass for prevention and early
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_____detection of Osteoporosis. |
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Nuclear
Cardiology |
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Myocardial
Perfusion Imaging (MPI)
Resting/Treadmill
Stress:
Tc99m
- MIBI
Tc99m
- Tetrosformin
Thallium
- 201
Resting/Pharmacologic
Stress (Dypiridamole
or Dobutamine)
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For
more information, you may call___ |
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(6332)
233-9088 |
