What is Nuclear Medicine?
- Nuclear Medicine uses very small amounts of radioactive materials (radiopharmaceuticals) to diagnose and treat disease.
- In imaging, radiopharmaceuticals are detected by special types of cameras that work with computers to provide very precise pictures about the area of the body being imaged.
- In treatment, the radiopharmaceuticals go directly to the organ being treated.
- The amount of radiation in a typical nuclear imaging procedure is comparable with that received during a diagnostic x-ray, and the amount received in a typical treatment procedure is kept within safe limits.
Why is it called Nuclear Medicine?
It refers to medicine (a pharmaceutical) that is attached to a small quantity of radioactive material (a radioisotope). This combination is called radiopharmaceutical. There are many different radiopharmaceuticals available to study different parts of the body.
Which radiopharmaceutical is used will depend upon the condition to be diagnosed or treated.
Services Offered:
- Radioimmunoassay (RIA)/Immunoradiometricassay (IRMA)
- THYROID
- TSH IRMA
- FTA RIA
- Thyroglobulin
- Anti-thyroglobulin
- Anti-TPO (Peroxidase)
- OTHERS
- 17 OH-P
- THYROID
- Radioactive Iodine Therapy
- Hyperthyroidism (Grave’s Disease, solitary autonomous nodule)
Ablation of thyroid remnants after thyroidectomy
Treatment of Metastatic Thyroid Carcinoma
- Hyperthyroidism (Grave’s Disease, solitary autonomous nodule)
- Imaging
- A gamma camera converts gamma rays into electronic pulses which make up an image.
These pulses are collected over some time and build up a picture of the organ. These pictures are stored on disc and can be viewed and processed at a later date. - Detection of G.I Bleeding
- Hepatobiliary Imaging
- I-131 Whole Body Scintigraphy
- Kidney Investigation
- Liver and Spleen Scintigraphy
- Lung Perfusion Scintigraphy
- Lung Ventilation Scintigraphy
- Meckel’s Diverticulum Scintigraphy
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging- Tc99m Sestamibi, Thelium201
- Parathyroid Imaging
- RBC Tagging
- Thyroid Scan- Tc99m, I-131
- TI-201 Whole-body Scintigraphy (for Thyroid Malignancy)
- Whole Body Bone Scan- Tc99m MDP
- A gamma camera converts gamma rays into electronic pulses which make up an image.
- Urea Breath Test
- UBT is currently considered to be the gold standard for non-invasive diagnosis of H.pylori. It is highly reliable- 95% sensitivity and 100% specificity, for pre- and post-treatment follow up of infection.
Clinical Applications:
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Infection
Nephrology
Oncology
Pulmonary
Nuclear Medicine Services
| Test | Releasing Time |
|---|---|
| Meckel’s Diverticulum Scan | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Renal Scan/ Renal GFR | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Bone Scan/Total Body Scan | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Liver & Spleen Imaging | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Hepatobiliary Imaging | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Lung Perfusion Imaging | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Lung Ventilation Imaging | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Testicular Imaging | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Detection of G.I. Bleeding | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| Thyroid scan | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
| TSH-IRMA, FT4 RIA, Anti-TPO & 17 OH-P Thyroglobulin | Cut 0ff 10am, Result @ 4pm |
| Anti-Thyroglobulin | Running Time: 1st & 3rd Wed & Thu of the month, Results @ 4pm next day |
| Urea Breath Test | Next day 3pm (except Fridays & Saturdays result is Monday at 3:00 pm) |
