Services - Nuclear Medicine


General SPECT CT imaging services
• Dynamic (99mTc-DTPA, 99mTc-EC) and static renal imaging (99mTc-DMSA)
• Skeletal scintigraphy (99mTc-MDP)
• Hepatobiliary scintigraphy (99mTc-Mebrofenin)
• Liver and spleen scintigraphy, lymphoscintigraphy, gastrointestinal transit time
• assessment, gastro-esophageal reflux studies (99mTc-Sulfur colloid)
• Parathyroid scintigraphy (99mTc-MIBI)
• Salivary scintigraphy, thyroid imaging (99mTc-pertechnetate)
• Sentinel lymph node imaging – Head and neck malignancies, Breast carcinoma (99mTc-Sulfur colloid)
• Neuroendocrine tumor imaging (131 I-MIBG).

Emergency SPECT CT imaging services
• Lung perfusion scintigraphy (99mTc-Macro-aggregated albumin),
• Meckel's scan (99mTc-pertechnetate),
• Gastrointestinal bleed studies (99mTc-labelled RBC's)
• Brain death Scintigraphy(99mTc ECD)

PET CT imaging services
• 18F-FDG – routine oncologic and non-oncologic imaging
• 18F-Fluoride – Skeletal imaging
• 18F-DOPA – Dopaminergic imaging, for Parkinson's disease, insulinomas
• 18F-FET – Amino-acid marker, for brain tumor imaging
• 18F-FDG-labelled leukocytes – Infection imaging
• 68Ga-DOTANOC – Somatostatin receptor imaging, commonly for neuroendocrine tumors
• 68Ga-PSMA – Prostate specific membrane antigen imaging, commonly for prostate carcinoma
• 68Ga-RGD – Neo-angiogenesis imaging
• 68Ga-Pentixafor – Tumor imaging
• 68Ga-Exendin – GLP-1 receptor imaging, for insulinomas
• 68Ga- Substance P- Brain tumor imaging

Nuclear Neurology
• Brain perfusion imaging (99mTc-ECD)
• Brain tumor imaging (99mTc-GHA)
• Dopaminergic pathway imaging (99mTc-TRODAT-1)
• 18F-DOPA – Dopaminergic imaging, for Parkinson's disease, brain tumors
• CSF leak Scintigraphy

Nuclear Cardiology
• Stress Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (99mTc-MIBI)
• Gated radionuclide ventriculography (MUGA)
• Cardiac Amyloidosis (Tc99m PYP)
• Cardiac Sarcoidosis – F18 FDG PET

Radionuclide Therapies
• Thyrotoxicosis- Radio iodine ablation
• Thyroid Cancer- Radio iodine remnant ablation
• Neuroendocrine Tumors -I 131 MIBG therapy/ Lu 177 PPRT therapy
• Prostate Cancer- Lu 177 PSMA therapy
• Liver Tumors Y90 Theraspheres/Microspheres
• Bone pain palliation - Samarium 153/ P 32 therapy
• Radiosynovoarthesis- Y90 colloids
• Ac225/ Bi 213

PET/SPECT based procedures:
• Sentinel lymph node localization with Gamma probe
• PET CT directed biopsy.
• PET CT based RT planning





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