Nuclear Medicine

At the nuclear medicine departments, it is researched whether organs such as heart, kidneys, liver, thyroid, brain function normally or not, and whether there is cancer, infection or trauma in the bones or not.

The technological equipment used in the nuclear medicine departments include PET / CT (in the diagnosis and treatment of all cancer types, in coronary and some cerebral diseases), dual head SPECT camera, bone density measurement (DEXA).

Fields of application in nuclear medicine departments are:

In neurological diseases: 

• Diagnosis of paralysis (at an early stage)

• Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

• Evaluation prior to carotid artery surgery

• Determination of epileptic focus

• Determination of condition after head trauma

In oncological diseases:

• Tumor location

• Tumor staging

• Location of metastases

• Assessment of treatment response

• Treatment of cancer related bone pain

In orthopedic diseases:

• Determination of hidden bone injuries, sports injuries

• Diagnosis of bone inflammation (osteomyelitis)

• Diagnosis of joint diseases and determination of their spread

• Determination of biopsy location in tumors

• Determination of the spread of certain kinds of tumors

In renal diseases:

• Diagnosis of urinary tract constriction

• Diagnosis of high blood pressure due to constriction of the kidney blood vessels

• Assessment of contribution of both kidneys to total function

• Evaluation of donor kidney

• Diagnosis of kidney infection (pyelonephritis)

• Diagnosis of kidney scars

In coronary diseases:

• Diagnosis of coronary artery disease

• Assessment of bypass surgery efficiency

• Assessment of congestive heart failure treatment efficiency

• Assessment of donor heart

• Assessment of congestive heart failure treatment efficiency

• Assessment of donor heart

• Selecting patients for bypass or angioplasty

• Assessment of the cardiac risk of patients who are to undergo surgery for other reasons

• Diagnosis of right coronary insufficiency

• Monitoring the extent to which chemotherapy is harmful to the heart

• Quantitative assessment of shunts

• Diagnosis of infarcts prior to enzyme changes

In lung diseases:

• Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

• Assessment of donor lung

Other applications:

• Diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroidism (Graves Diseases)

• Diagnosis of gallbladder infection (Acute cholecystitis)

• Diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal bleeding

• Differential diagnosis of testicular diseases

• Identification of location of hidden infection