NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT

In the Nuclear Medicine Department are performed functional morphological diagnostic tests (without analogues) of organs and systems, quantitative parameters – by inversion and in vitro methods, as well as the metabolic radionuclide therapy:

• Bone system – bone marrow scintigraphy;target scintigraphy of bones
• Excretory system – kidney function; dynamic, static and target renal scintigraphy
• Thyroid scintigraphy
• Perfusion scintigraphy of the lungs
• Radioimmunology – tumor marker research
• Metabolic Brachytherapy

The department has a SPECT gamma camera, giving a three-dimensional image and a function of the tested organs and systems. With high precision of the RIA method, tumor markers are tested.

The Nuclear Medicine Department serves dispensary patients with oncological diseases and patients with non-cancer diseases, directed by specialists from outpatient medical care, under contract with NHIF and other health institutions.