Nuclear medicine
 
Services offered
Radio-isotope imaging of all relevant conditions. Nuclear medicine techniques provide essentially non-invasive functional information which is complimentary to the more structural information obtained from other imaging investigation.
 
Doctors
Dr. Jan Esser
1st Floor Central Avenue, Arwyp Medical Centre
394 6600 / 975 9230
fax 394 6601
08h00-19h00 
 

The following investigative procedures are available:

Musculo skeletal system
Bone scan
Joint scan
Bone marrow scan 

Respiratory system
Tc-99m MMA lung perfusion scan
Tc-99m DTPA aerosol ventilation scan
Tc-99m DTPA aerosol mucociliary clearance
Tc-99m DTPA lung permeability scan 

Tumour imaging
Gallium-67 Citrate scan
In-111 Octreotide scan 

Genito urinary system
Dynamic renal scan Tc-99m DTPA/MAG3
Tc-99m DMSA renal cortical scan
Voiding indirect cystography
Determination of residual urine volume
Testicular scan 

Cardiovascular system
Myiocardial perfusion ischaemia/infarct Tc-99m Cadiolite
Thallium-201 myocardial viability (hibernation) 

Infection
Gallium-67 Citrate scan
Tc-99m HMPAO labelled white blood cells 

Special imaging procedures
Dacroscintigraphy
CSF shunt potency
Sentinel lymph node imaging
Intra-operative probe detection 

Central nervous system
Functional brain imaging - Cisternography
Thallium-201 recurrent brain tumour 

Gastro-intestinal system
Salivary gland scan
Oesophageal scintigraphy
Gastro-oesophageal reflux study (children)
Gastric emptying study (solid/liquid phases)
Detection of gastro-intestinal bleeding
Detection of Meckel’s Diverticulum
Liver/spleen imaging
Liver haemogiomania study
Hepatobiliary scan (HIDA) 

Endocrine system
Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan
l-131 / l-123 substernal thyroid scan
l-131 thyroid uptake measurement
l-131 wholebody scan
Tc-99m Sestamibi Parathyroid scan
l-131 MIBG Adrenal medulla scan
l-132 MIBG Adrenal medulla scan
l-131 NP-59 Adrenal cortex scan
Indium-111 Octreotide scan