Nuclear Medicine

Professionally Licensed Nuclear Medicine Tech performs full line of tests, including Bone Scans, Liver/Spleen Scans, Gallbladder (HIDA) Scans, WBC, Renal Scans, Thyroid Uptakes & Scans, Gastric emptying scan, Para thyroid and Nuclear Cardiology.

What is NUCLEAR MEDICINE?

Nuclear medicine is a branch of radiology that uses radioactive materials to determine if certain organs such as the heart, kidneys, liver, thyroid, brain and lungs are working properly. It is also used to examine the bones for cancer, infection or trauma.Common uses of this procedure.A unique aspect of a nuclear medicine test is its extreme sensitivity to abnormalities in an organ's structure or function. As an integral part of patient care, nuclear medicine is used in the diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention of serious disease. Nuclear medicine imaging procedures often identify abnormalities very early in the progression of a disease --long before some medical problems are apparent with other diagnostic test. This early detection allows a disease to be treated early in its course when there may be a more successful prognosis.