Nuclear Medicine is a specialty that uses radioactive substance in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In our department, over 95% of the Nuclear Medicine procedures are for diagnostic purposes.
In contrast to other conventional imaging procedures, nuclear medicine imaging is unique in that it can provide both functional and structural information of an organ simultaneously. Different tracers have been developed to study the function and anatomy of different organs.

For the majority of the nuclear medicine imaging procedures, tracers are being given intravenously. They can also be administered inhalation, ingeation or other routes depending on the organ function that we are going to study.
Virtually every organ can be studied by nuclear medicine imaging. The organ specificity of a tracer depends on the chemical characteristics of the tracer. The tracer, being radioactive, emits gamma rays that can be detected externally by a gamma camera and through the use of advanced computer technology, provides diagnostic information both qualitatively and quantitatively. Nuclear imaging often serves as a complimentary examination to other conventional imaging procedures.