Nuclear Medicine Department

Special Services :

  • Up to date Dual Head Gamma Camera for early disease detection.
    -    Function of various body systems
    -    Radioisotope treatment:
  • Lung scan V/Q for P.E.
  • Bone scan - 3-phase bone scan.
  • Hida scan for hepatobiliary tree
  • Cardiac scan – Gated Perfusion scan. SPECT myocardial perfusion.
  • Brain perfusion scan.
  • Cisternography for CSF leak & shunt.
  • Bone marrow scan & lymphscintigraphy.
  • Gallium scan: looks for site of infection or tumors.
  • Labeled WBC’s evaluate possible infection using patient’s white blood cells which are radio labeled with HMPAO .
  • Liver & spleen scan: evaluate functional liver disorders i.e. cirrhosis, hepatitis, metabolic disorders.
  • Labeled RBC’s: to differentiate benign vascular liver lesions from other tumors.
  • Meckele’s scan.
  • Renal imaging: to evaluate renal function & obstruction.
  • MUGA scan: cardiac function & wall motion
  • Parathyroid scan and suprarenal scans.
  • Palliative treatment with radioactive isotopes for mutable bone marrow.
  • Oncoscit – monoclonal antibody scan: new FDA approved test using radioactive antibodies to detect colon & ovarian cancer in patients for whom other diagnostic tests are inconclusive.
  • Treatment with RAI for thyroid disorders.
Suhad Munayer, MD, JMCB / Head of Nuclear Medicine Department.
     
 

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