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.
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