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Scintigraphy

Nuclear medicine

Images that show how the heart and other organs work, using a minimal dose of radiotracer and no surgery.

Nuclear medicine room with the gamma camera during a scan.
Our nuclear medicine room, with the gamma camera.

Nuclear medicine shows how organs work, not only what they look like. That is why it complements radiology, which defines anatomy. It is a multidisciplinary specialty that draws on radiopharmacy, medical physics and computing.

Our new dual-head gamma camera makes image acquisition faster.

Benefits

  • It is highly sensitive and provides information other methods cannot.
  • It can detect disease at early stages, before symptoms appear.
  • It allows an early assessment of the response to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
  • The procedures are safe and minimally invasive.
  • It often avoids unnecessary or more costly procedures.

Studies by specialty

Cardiology

  • Myocardial perfusion imaging at rest and after exercise

Endocrinology

  • Parathyroid scan
  • Thyroid scan

Gastroenterology

  • Gastroesophageal reflux study
  • Hepatobiliary scan
  • Liver and spleen scan
  • Liquid-phase gastric emptying study
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding study

Urology and internal medicine

  • Sequential renogram with glomerular filtration rate
  • Baseline and post-captopril renogram
  • Glomerular filtration rate
  • Radionuclide cystography
  • Salivary gland scan
  • Scrotal perfusion scan

Pulmonology

  • Lung ventilation and perfusion scan
  • Lung perfusion scan

Neurology

  • Brain SPECT or brain death study

Ophthalmology

  • Dacryoscintigraphy

Oncology

  • Gallium-67 scan for infection and tumors

Orthopedics

  • Three-phase bone scan

Peripheral vascular

  • Lymph node scan

Other services

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