Nuclear Medicine is a non-invasive, highly multi-disciplinary specialty which makes use of instrumentation and radio-pharmaceuticals to study physiological processes, detect and diagnose early stages of diseases with the primary aim of determining the kind of treatment at the earliest most treatable state.

 

St. Paul Hospital - Bishop Rooker Nuclear Medicine Center is located at the 6th floor.

It is open every Mondays to Fridays from 8:00am to 4:00pm and every Saturdays from 8:00am to 12:00 noon.

 

Services Offered:

A. Imaging ServicesOperating Room

1. Bone Scan
2. 3-Phase Bone Scan
3. Thyroid Scan (I-131 ot Tc99m)
4. Thyroid Uptake Studies
5. Whole Body Scan (I-131)
6. Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Thallium or Sestamibi)
7. MUGA/First Pass
8. GFR
9. Renal Scan with GFR (DTPA)
10. Renal Scan with Furosemide
11. Renal Scan with Captopril
12. Renal Cortical Scan (DMSA)
13. Cystography
14. Testicular
15. Meckel's Diverticulum Scan
16. HIDA Scan
17. Liver and Spleen Scan
18. Liver Scan (RBC Tagging)
19. GI Bleeding Scintigraphy
20. Lung Scan (VQ Scan)
21. Lung Scan (Lung Perfusion Scan Only)
22. Dacryoscintigraphy
23. Gallium Scan
24. MIBG Scan
25. Octreotide Scan
26. Sentinel Node Mapping

• B. RadioActive Iodine Therapy (RAI Therapy)

1. Hyperthyroidism
2. Diffuse Nontoxic Goiter
3. Thyroid Cancer - Ablation Therapy

• C. Bone Mineral Densitometry (Osteoporosis Screening) (Click to read more...)

1. Routine Scan
• - whole body
• - spine
• - hips
• - IVA and fracture risk assessement
2. Body Fat Analysis (body composition)

• D. RadioImmunoAssay Laboratory

1. TSH, FT4, FT3
2. Thyroglobulin
3. Anti-thyroglobulin