Nuclear Medicine is defined as that branch of medicine in which radioactive materials (unsealed sources of radiation) are used for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Diagnostic imaging of the lungs, brain, thyroid, stomach, salivary glands, liver, kidneys, bone, heart, adrenal glands as well as sites of occult infection, is achieved using a sophisticated Gamma Camera with tomographic facilities linked to computer systems. Non-imaging procedures e.g. thyroid uptake tests, GFR estimations and haematological tests are also performed.

The Department of Nuclear Medicine offers services in:

1. Diagnostic Studies

Infarct PYP Scan SPECT Thallium Scan Exercise MUGA Renal DTPA Study RDS with GFR Captopril Renal Study Transplant Evaluation DMSA/GHA Renal Study DRCG DRCG with UFMT Bone Scan Three-Phase Bone Scan Bone Marrow HMPAO Brain Spect V/Q Study DMSA (V) Tumour Imaging Parathyroid Scan Venography

Larcimal Study Testicular Scan Lymphangiography 1-131 MIBG Scan Gallium Scan Salivary Gland Oesophagel Study GE-Reflux Gastric Emptying GI Bleed Studies Meckel's Study Hepatobiliary Study Liver Spleen Scan Tc-99m Thyroid Scan Thyroid Perfusion Thyroid Uptake & Scan 1-131 Whole Body Scan

2. In-vitro Studies GFR-Estimation RBC Mass or Plasma Volume Estimation RBC Survival study Protein Loss Schillings Test 3. Therapeutic Iodine-131 treatment for thyrotoxicosis and cancer thyroid. Strontium - 89 and Phosphorous - 32 for the treatment of polycythemia vera Iodine -131 tipiodol treatment for liver cancer 4. Radio Immuno Assaya Thyroid Profile Adrenal Profile Growth Hormone Studies Gonadal Profile Parathyroid Profile Diabetic profile Gonadal Profile combined anterior Pituitary Tests