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Our department performs radionuclide therapy for Graves' disease, differentiated thyroid cancer, malignant pheochromocytoma and medullary thyroid cancer, as well as nuclear medicine imaging using PET, SPECT, etc.Outline
Radionuclide therapy
This is a way to treat a lesion with beta or alpha rays from a radioactive substance by administering a radioactive substance or a drug labeled with a radioactive substance. Targets of the therapy are mainly patients with differentiated thyroid cancer or hyperthyroidism. Our department, also uses I-131 MIBG for patients with malignant pheochromocytoma and medullary thyroid cancer.Consultation hours (nuclear medicine clinic)
Wednesdays and Fridays (9:00 a.m. – noon), by appointment onlyFirst-visit patients are kindly requested to make an appointment through the Community Service and Welfare Network of our hospital.
Nuclear medicine imaging
Nuclear medicine imaging has great advantages in visualize the function of the target lesion in vivo, by injecting a drug labeled with a small amount of a radioactive element into the body and using the gamma rays from the radioisotope to obtain images.PET
At present, PET scans using FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) and oxygen gases (CO2, CO, C2) are covered by health insurance.FDG-PET scans of epilepsy, ischemic heart disease, and cancers are covered by health insurance. A PET scanner can create pictures of the extent and metastasis of these diseases, providing important information to diagnose the disease and determine a treatment strategy.
Major tests and equipment
Tests
Cerebral blood flow scintigraphy, cisternoscintigraphy, thyroid scintigraphy, parathyroid scintigraphy, adrenal scintigraphy, lung perfusion scintigraphy, lung ventilation scintigraphy, myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, myocardial sympathetic nerve scintigraphy, myocardial fatty acid scintigraphy, liver and spleen colloid scintigraphy, hepatic reserve scintigraphy, gastrointestinal bleeding scintigraphy, Meckel diverticulum scintigraphy, renal dynamic scintigraphy, bone scintigraphy, systemic tumor inflammation scintigraphy, O-15 gas PET, F-18 FDG-PET, etc.Equipment
Four gamma camerasThree PET cameras