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Nuclear Medicine

Department of Nuclear Medicine was inaugurated on the august occasion of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of St John`s National Academy of Health Sciences by His Grace Most Reverend Mar Andrews Thazhath - President of CBCI and Mr. Ramalinga Reddy, Honorable Minister of Transport, Govt of Karnataka on 12th August 2023.

Department is equipped with Biograph Horizon PET CT 16 slice CT scanner with flow motion and multiparametric flow motion technology and Intevo 6 SPECT CT with 6 slice CT. The imaging modalities cater for wide range of imaging services. Department is also equipped with two isolation high dose therapy wards and day care for alpha and beta radionuclide therapies.

Contact us:
Do you want to refer a patient / seek an opinion or treatment?
Department Of Nuclear Medicine
St John`s Oncology Center First Floor
St John`s Medical College and Hospital
Sarjapur Road, Koramangala
Bengaluru- 560034
Please call: 08022065708/5712 or write to nuclearmedicine@stjohns.in

Our Team

Unit Head

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Dr. Chandana Nagaraj
Professor & HOD

Professor and Head

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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 pros...

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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 lymp...

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PET/SPECT based procedures

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

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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)

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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

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Nuclear Cardiology

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

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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

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