Overview

Nuclear Medicine is the art and science of diagnosing and/or treating disease with radioactive material. Most of our work in this field involves tests for various symptoms or diseases, such as Bone scans for pain or tumors and Heart scans for chest pain and coronary artery disease. Our main site is in the Acute Care Facility of the Anne Arundel Medical Center, where there are three gamma cameras, uptake probes, Geiger counters, well counters, dose calibrators, and other equipment to perform these tests and treatments. Outpatient testing is also performed at the Sajak Pavilion. PET scanning has become the sate-of-the-art imaging test for cancer and is available in the Oncology Center and at the Sajak Pavilion.

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Many different scans and tests are available using radionuclides as tracers.

Biliary Scan Bone Scan Bone Scan with SPECT Cardiac Gated Scan Cardiolite Cardiac Scan Cerebral Perfusion Scan Cisternogram CSF Leak Study Esophageal Transit G.I. Bleeding Scan Gastric Emptying Gastroesophageal Reflux Hemangioma Hepatobiliary Scan Hepatobiliary with CCK Hyperthyroid Therapy

Labeled Red Cell Study Labeled White Cell Study Liver/Spleen Scan Lung Perfusion Lung Quantification Lung V/Q Lymphoscintigraphy Meckles Scan MIBG Scan MUGA Myocardial Perfusion Stress Myocardial Viability Scan Octreoscan Parathyroid Scan PET Scan PET/CT

Renal Scan and Flow Study Renal Scan with Lasix Sentinel Node Localization SPECT Scan SPECT/CT Strontium-89 Therapy Thallium Cardiac Three Phase Bone Scan Thyroid Cancer Therapy Thyroid Scan Thyroid Uptake Voiding Cystogram for Reflux White Blood Cell Scan Whole Body Scan with Iodine-131 Xofigo Therapy