Nuclear Medicine is a specialty imaging modality that uses safe and painless techniques to generate medical images of the body. Essentially, Nuclear Medicine uses small amounts of radioactive materials to create a medical image of the body and its organ functions/structure for diagnosis and treatment. The radiopharmaceuticals (or radioisotopes) assist with the early detection and identification of abnormalities. Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures can often identify abnormalities very early on, long before medical problems become apparent with other diagnostic tests.
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- brain scans
- bone scans
- heart scans
- hepatobiliary scans
- lung scans
- PET scans
- renal scans
- thyroid scans
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- Bone Scans
- Hemangioma
- Hepatobiliary
- I-131 Therapy and I-131 Whole Body
- Liver/Spleen scan
- Lung Perfusion
- Lymphoscintigraphy
- MUGA Scan
- Octreoscan
- Parathyroid
- PET/CT Brain, Heart, Whole Body
- Renal Scan
- Thallium Stress Tests
- Thyroid Uptake and Scan
- Zevalin
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MIMA Radiology and Cardiology uses the GE Ventri and the GE Millennium MG at the Sheridan location. The Ventri is a compact cardiac-optimized nuclear imaging system. The patient can be imaged in either the supine or prone position. The Ventri is networked to the Xeleris Processing and Review Station, which features a comprehensive set of Cardiac applications. The Millennium MG camera will also be utilized at the Malabar location. As a compact, all-purpose multi-geometry system, the Millennium MG performs a full range of nuclear imaging studies and provides unsurpassed clinical flexibility.
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The Nuclear Medicine department at Sheridan is accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of the practice.
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In Nuclear Medicine imaging, the radiopharmaceuticals are detected by special types of cameras that work with computers to provide very precise pictures related to the area of the body being imaged. The amount of radiation in a typical Nuclear imaging procedure is comparable with what is received during a diagnostic x-ray exam.
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