Nuclear Medicine

The radiotracer travels through the area being examined and gives off energy in the form of gamma rays which are detected by a special camera and a computer to create images. Nuclear Medicine imaging provides unique information that often cannot be obtained using other imaging procedures and offers the potential to identify disease in its earliest stages prior to development of structural changes.

By the use of Nuclear Medicine techniques, physiological, metabolic and molecular informations of organs are provided objectively, easily, and without the need for an invasive procedure.

Radioactive agents used in Nuclear Medicine do not have any allergic, toxic side effects. These agents can be applied safely to patients at any age with variable dosages suitable for the weight/age of the patient. Patient radiation exposure during Nuclear Medicine procedures is minimal and does not pose any risk for the patient.

Diagnostic Processes:
· Lung perfusion-ventilation scintigraphy
· Brain SPECT
· Heart and circulatory system scans
· Renal scintigraphy
· Bone scintigraphy
· Thyroid tests
· Tumor diagnosis and follow-up
· Hematologic studies
· Other scintigraphic studies
· In addition, sentinel lymph node detection is performed intraoperatively by gamma probe in patients with cancer
Treatments:
Treatment of Thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism:
There is a treatment unit for the radioiodine treatment for the patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
Painful bone metastasis treatment in cancer patients:
Systemic palliative treatment of the bone metastases are carried out in our center. Relief of the pain of patients with wide metastasis is possible with this treatment.
Joint Treatment:
Radionuclide synovectomy we apply in our department provides significant regression in joint dysfunction when applied with other treatment methods or alone.
Radioembolisation:
It is a treatment method used in liver cancers. It is performed by injecting radioactive agent inside the liver during angiography for the local treatment of tumor.
Neuro endocrine tumor treatment:
Cases that have malignant pheochromocytoma, neuroblastoma, modularly thyroid cancer, unsuitable for surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy or there is recurrence in spite of these treatments are applied high dose I-131 MIBG treatment in our department.