Nuclear medicine imaging is a method of producing images by detecting radiation from different parts of the body after a radioactive tracer is given to the patient. The images are digitally generated on a computer and transferred to a nuclear medicine physician, who interprets the images to make a diagnosis.

Nuclear medicine imaging can also be used to treat conditions or to evaluate how treatment is working. One example of this is radioimmunotherapy, which combines radiation and immunotherapy to deliver radiation precisely to a targeted area.

Treatment Used For…

1. Cancer, Heart Disease and Brain tumors Check up
2. PSMA - PET SCAN - Prostate cancer check up
3. Dota Scan (Neuro - endoctine cancer check up)

Nuclear medicine - PET CT SCAN

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that produces images of your organs and tissues at work. The test uses a safe, injectable radioactive chemical called a radiotracer and a device called a PET scanner.

The scanner detects diseased cells that absorb large amounts of the radiotracer, which indicates a potential health problem

PET scans use a radioactive tracer to show how an organ is functioning in real time. PET scan images can detect cellular changes in organs and tissues earlier than CT and MRI scans.

Karin multi Super Specialty hospital & Research center use a hybrid PET/MRI scan. This new technology creates extremely high-contrast images. Providers mainly use this type of scan for diagnosing and monitoring cancers of the soft tissues (brain, head and neck, liver and pelvis).

Nuclear Medicine Therapy

Nuclear medicine therapy is a cancer treatment that uses radioactive drugs that bind to cancer cells and destroy them. This therapy is an option for some people with neuroendocrine tumors, prostate cancer, meningiomas, thyroid cancer and lymphoma. It has proved to be successful in easing symptoms, improving quality of life and extending life.

Available Therapy’s

• Low dose therapy (For thyroid related disease)
• High dose therapy (For thyroid cancer)
• PSMA Therapy (for prostate cancer treatment)
• DOTA Therapy (For neuro - endocrine cancer treatment)
• Nuclear therapy for bone, liver etc.