Nuclear Medicine specialists at NSMC's Radiology Department provide the full gamut of scans, including the most technologically advanced procedures (SPECT and PET--see below).

Bleeding site localization
Bone scan
Gallium scan: Tumor localization/lymphoma
Gallium scan (abcess detection)
Gastric emptying
Gated blood pool (Muga)
HIDA Gallbladder scan
HIDA W/CCK Gallbladder scan
I-123 Thyroid uptake and scan
Liver/spleen scan
Lung quant
Lung scan (V/Q)
Meckles scan
Parathyroid scan
PY test
Renal scan
Renal scan with CAPTOPRIL
Renal scan- (DMSA)
Schillings test
Strontium 89/Samarium 153
Tagged RBC (HEMANGIOMA)
Testicular scan
Thyroid ablation
Thyroid scan
Thyroid therapy
Thyroid uptake and scan: (No more than 3 a day)
Total body iodine scan (TBI)
White blood cell labeling: For infection localization

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) is available at both NSMC Union and NSMC Salem hospitals. All state-of-the-art nuclear medicine examinations are performed, including sentinel node localization for breast cancer and skin cancer surgery, three-phase parathyroid scanning and tumor receptor imaging.

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is the most technologically advanced nuclear medicine procedure. PET is different from traditional X-ray, CT and MRI imaging because it shows cellular function and metabolism, rather than the anatomy of the body’s structures. Most often, PET benefits cancer patients by making cancer cells easier to detect and treat. The North Shore PET Imaging Center is a joint venture between North Shore Medical Center and Northeast Health Systems, Inc.