Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty that utilizes radioactive tracers to image and treat a biological process/condition. Nuclear Medicine offers the possibility to detect diseases in early stage and assess response to treatment precisely. Its non-invasive nature allows using it as a powerful diagnostic tool for a wide array of ailments.

The nuclear medicine procedures are well established in many specialties including oncology, urology, pediatrics, endocrinology, cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology and orthopedics.

Advantages of Nuclear Medicine

Functional imaging
Functional changes occur before structural changes in pathology
Early diagnosis and treatment
Radionuclide therapy – more tumor specific and lesser adverse effects

The Department of Nuclear Medicine, PSG Hospitals, is equipped with state-of-art hybrid PET-CT system – Siemens Biograph Horizon (LSO crystal with TOF) and dual head Gamma camera (SPECT) – Siemens Evo Excel.

Advantages of PET-CT

All in one imaging
More accurate diagnosis and treatment response
Convenient and cost-effective

The department of Nuclear Medicine, PSG Hospitals, provides multitude of diagnostic and therapeutic facilities for both oncologic and non-oncologic indications.

Diagnostic
General Nuclear Medicine scans
Bone scan
- Whole body
- Triple phase
Renal scans
- DTPA
- EC
- DMSA
Thyroid scan
Parathyroid adenoma scan (Sestamibi)
Myocardial perfusion scans (Sestamibi)
- Stress – Physical & Pharmacological
- Rest – Nitrate augmented (Myocardial viability test)
Hepatobiliary scan (HIDA/ BRIDA)
Gastro-esophageal reflux scan (Milk scan)
Meckel’s scan
Direct radionuclide cystogram (DRCG – VUR)
Lymphoscintigraphy
Salivary gland scan
Esophageal transit scan
Gastric emptying scan
Colonic transit scan
Labelled RBC scan
- Lower gastrointestinal bleed
- Liver perfusion
- Multigated acquisition (MUGA)
Brain SPECT
- ECD – Brain perfusion
- TRODAT – Dopamine transporter imaging
I-131 Whole body scan
I-131 MIBG scan
Liver spleen scan (Reticuloendothelial system)
Bone marrow scan
Testicular scan
Perchlorate discharge test
DMSA-V whole body scan