Thyroid scan with Iodine-123 for evaluation of hyperthyroidism.
Abnormal whole body PET/CT scan with multiple metastases from a cancer. The whole body PET/CT scan has became an important tool in the evaluation of cancer.
A nuclear medicine SPECT liver scan with technectium99m labeled autologous red blood cells. A focus of high uptake (arrow) in the liver is consistent with a hemangioma.
Iodine-123 whole body scan for thyroid cancer evalution. The study above was performed after the total thyroidectomy and TSH stimulation with thyroid hormone medication withdrawal. The study shows a small residual thyroid tissue in the neck and a mediastinum lesion, consistent with the thyroid cancer metastatic disease. The uptakes in the stomach and bowel are normal physiologic findings.File:Iodine-131-Scintigraphy.jpgA scintigraphy of the whole body using a gamma camera detector and Iodine-131 radioactive labelling. Image shows uptake of iodine in the thyroid region after a total thyroidectomy due to papillary thyroid cancer, performed one month before, and a 200 mCurie dose one week before. Uptake seen in other regions (mouth, salivary glands, colon, stomach and urinary bladder) are not due to cancerous tissue but to normal excretion. The exam did not show metastases in other regions.File:NM table1.jpgCommon nuclear medicine applications.[1]
Normal whole body PET/CT scan with FDG-18. The whole body PET/CT scan is commonly used in the detection, staging and follow-up of various cancers.File:Nl bone scan.jpgA nuclear medicine whole body bone scan. The nuclear medicine whole body bone scan is generally used in evaluations of various bone related pathology, such as for bone pain, stress fracture, nonmalignant bone lesions, bone infections, or the spread of cancer to the bone.File:Nl mpi.jpgNuclear Medicine myocardial perfusion scan with Thallium-201 for the rest images (bottom rows) and Tc-Sestamibi for the stress images (top rows). The nuclear medicine myocardial perfusion scan plays a pivotal role in the noninvasive evaluation of coronary artery disease. The study not only identifies patients with coronary artery disease, it also provides overall prognostic information or overall risk of adverse cardiac events for the patient.
A nuclear medicine parathyroid scan demonstrates a parathyroid adenoma adjacent to the left inferior pole of the thyroid gland. The above study was performed with Technetium-Sestamibi (1st column) and Iodine-123 (2nd column) simultaneous imaging and the subtraction technique (3rd column).
Normal hepatobiliary scan (HIDA scan). The nuclear medicine hepatobiliary scan is clinically useful in the detection of the gallbladder disease.
Normal pulmonary ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) scan. The nuclear medicine V/Q scan is useful in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism.