Nuclear Medicine at
Pennsylvania Hospital
Nuclear medicine procedures, commonly called “scans,” provide
information about both the anatomy of the body
and the function of an organ. Depending
on the study being performed, a radionuclide
is administered either by injection in a vein
or ingested via mouth. After
the administration of the radionuclide, you may
be asked to wait a period of time before the
actual scanning begins.
When
it is time for your scan, you will be positioned
very close to a detector, called a camera.
Several pictures may be taken. Nuclear medicine
examinations provided at Pennsylvania Hospital
include the following:
Bone Scan
Brain SPECT
Gallium
Gastric Emptying
Gastroesophageal Reflux Study
GI Bleeding Study
HIDA Scan (Gall Bladder)
I-123 Uptake
I-131 Body Scan
Liver Scan
Lung Scan
Meckel's Scan
Myocardial Infarction Study
Myocardial Perfusion Study
Octreoscan
Oncoscint Scan
Parathyroid Scan
RBC Liver Scan
Renal Scan
Stress Test
Thyroid Scan
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