Hours

Monday to Friday
8:00am - 5:00pm

Description

Procedures / Treatments

• Bone Scanning

  Bone scanning is a well established technique and is one of the most reliable, sensitive and valuable procedures in scintigraphy.  The scan can detect abnormalities weeks to months before routine skeletal x-rays.… More

• Cardiac Imaging

  Myocardial perfusion imaging is a noninvasive diagnostic test to compare the blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium) at rest and during exercise as a means of detecting coronary artery disease.… More

• Hepatobiliary Scan

  Hepatobiliary scans are used to: diagnose acute cholecystitis evaluate extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction evaluate post-surgical biliary tract evaluate Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction detect bile leaks diagnose biliary atresia and other congenital anomalies of the biliary tract evaluate liver transplants investigate unexplained pain.… More

• Liver/Spleen Colloid Study

  Used to: assess chronic liver disease assess liver or spleen size and configuration diagnose focal nodular hyperplasia. More

• Renal Scan

  A renal scan is used to: assess the relative function of each kidney check for renal scarring evaluate congenital abnormalities.… More

• DTPA Renogram

  A renogram (DTPA or MAG3) provides information relating to renal vascularity, renal function and excretion.  It is used in cases of: renal obstruction assessment of transplants to differentiate a dilated from an obstructed renal collecting system diagnosis of renal artery stenosis. More

• Lymph Nodes Mapping

  Cancers can spread either by haematogenous (blood) routes to bones, lungs, liver, or brain or by lymphatic routes to lymph nodes.… More

• Gastric Emptying Scan

  A Scintigraphy or Nuclear Medicine gastric emptying study provides a simple non-invasive means of quantitating gastric (stomach) emptying rate and transit of food along the small intestine.… More

• Colonic Transit Scan

  A Scintigraphy Colonic Transit scan is a simple and easy way to follow the transit of food along the small intestine and colon (large intestine).… More

• Thyroid Imaging

  A thyroid scintigraphy scan is a simple and easy way to see the size and function of the thyroid gland.  They are used to: evaluate thyroid lumps known as nodules evaluate hyperthyroidism (production of more thyroid hormone than is needed) quantify thyroid function (by calculating the quantity of tracer uptake… More

• Lung Imaging

  Used to diagnose pulmonary embolism and evaluate regional pulmonary perfusion and/or ventilation. More

Document Downloads

• General Information of Scintigraphy (PDF, 221.2 KB)
  General information on what kinds of scintigraphy scans are performed for certain indications.

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