Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty within the field of diagnostic imaging that uses very small amounts of radioactive substances—radiopharmaceuticals—to obtain diagnostic images, known as scans.
 
 It also includes therapeutic procedures using radioactive isotopes. Nuclear Medicine offers various diagnostic procedures to assess the condition and function of several organs and systems.
 
 It also includes some therapeutic procedures, the best known being radioactive iodine therapy for thyroid disorders—a highly effective and minimally invasive treatment used since the mid-20th century.

 

• Bone disease diagnosis (metastases, occult lesions, hidden fractures)
• Myocardial perfusion study (heart)
• Kidney and glomerular function evaluation
• Tumor detection and cancer recurrence
• Thyroid and parathyroid study (hyperthyroidism, cold or hot nodules)
• Treatment of hyperthyroidism or thyroid cancer with I-131

Unlike conventional radiology, the images are not generated by external emission from the device. Instead, the radiopharmaceutical is introduced into the body, and the radiation is captured externally by a gamma camera.

High-resolution SPECT-CT for functional studies. Specialized staff in nuclear medicine and radiation protection. Direct coordination with oncology, cardiology and vascular, digestive, pulmonology, neurology, nephrology, urology, and endocrinology.

Musculoskeletal system
 Bone scintigraphy
 Endocrinology
 Thyroid scintigraphy
 Whole-body I-131 scan
 Parathyroid scintigraphy with 99mTc-MIBI
 Cardiology and vascular
 Myocardial perfusion SPECT after stress and at rest
 Myocardial viability assessment with 99mTc-MIBI at rest
 Lymphoscintigraphy of limbs
 Pulmonology
 Pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy
 Pulmonary ventilation scintigraphy
 Quantified pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy
 NephroUrology
 Conventional renogram
 Renogram after diuretic stimulation
 Renogram after captopril and baseline (renovascular hypertension study)
 Renal scintigraphy
 Isotopic cystography
 Testicular scintigraphy
 Neurology
 Cerebral perfusion SPECT
 Cerebral SPECT with DATSCAN® for Parkinsonism evaluation
 Cisternography. CSF dynamics
 Gastroenterology
 Lacrimal gland scintigraphy
 Salivary gland scintigraphy
 Esophageal transit/clearance scintigraphy
 Gastroesophageal reflux scintigraphy
 Gastric emptying scintigraphy (solids/liquids)
 Hepatic scintigraphy with labeled red blood cells (hepatic hemangioma study)
 Biliary tract scintigraphy
 Scintigraphy for diagnosis of ectopic gastric mucosa (Meckel’s diverticulum)
 Detection of gastrointestinal bleeding with labeled red blood cells
 Inflammation and infection
 Whole-body Gallium-67 scan
 Labeled leukocyte scintigraphy for orthopedic infection
 Oncology
 Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node detection in melanoma
 Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node detection in breast cancer
 Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node detection in other tumors
 Radioguided localization of occult breast lesions
 Treatments
 Radiosynoviorthesis of large and small joints
 Hyperthyroidism treatment
 
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