Sohana Hospital is Equipped With Regions Most Advanced PET-CT Scanner & GAMMA Machine

What is the Gamma Scan?

Gamma Scan analyzes the body's organs, tissue and bones through Nuclear imaging tests that use radioactive substances and a special camera to create 3D pictures. The Gamma Scan produces images that show how the organs are functioning. It also gives a clearer picture of how well blood is flowing to the heart, the areas of the brain that are active and parts of the bone that are affected by Cancer.

GAMMA SCAN HAS 3 MAIN AREAS OF DIAGNOSIS

Heart

Checks Clogged arteries
Checks blood perfusion efficiency

Brain

Clogged blood vessels in the brain; vascular brain disorders eg. Moyamoya disease
Seizures
Parkinson’s disease

Bone

Bone cancer
Fractures

Advantages offered at Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sohana Hospital:

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FDA Approved

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Lower radiation doses

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Shorter scan time

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Exceptional image quality

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Helps diagnose more accurately

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Fast and flexible robotic gantry motions

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15 minute scan

Benefits for the Patient:

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Non-invasive

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Safe scans

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Allows detection in the early stages

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Lower Radiation Doses

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Shorter Scan Time

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Exceptional Image Quality

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Helps Diagnose More Accurately

How does the Gamma Scan work?

Gamma Scan involves acquisition of 3D images that rotate around the patient providing dimensional and spatial information which releases radiation within tissues.

Most commonly used radionuclide is 99m Technetium labeled with various organ specific tracers like sestaMIBI, DTP, MDP etc.

This imaging is interpreted visually and quantitatively to look for pathological changes in any organ much earlier than anatomical imaging and other diagnostic tests

Procedures done through the Gamma Scan

DPTA : To analyze the kidney function

E.C : To analyze kidney function with effective renal plasma flow

DMSA : To interpret the differential function or cortical uptake and scarring in the kidneys

Bone Scan :

Whole Body - To evaluate Metastasis bone involvement in cancer
Three Phase Bone Scan - To rule out any possibility of Bone infection, fracture and inflammation

Thyrroid Scan To diagnose Toxic MNG, thyrotoxicosis, Grave’s disease, toxic MNG, Thyrroiditis, Thyrroid nodule evaluation, lingual Thyrroid etc.

ParaThyrroid : For diagnosis of ParaThyrroid Adenoma, ectopic paraThyrroid adenomas.

Gastric Emptying Time: To evaluate cause of dyspepsia, vomiting

Gastroesophageal Reflux : Recurrent respiratory infections, heart burns

Cardiac Viability: To evaluate the detection of disability of the heart muscles

HIDA: To rule out biliary atresia, acute/chronic cholecystitis (Gallbladder Infection)

Liver/Spleen Scan :To rule out Alcoholic hepatitis, Cirrhosis, portal hypertension, haemangioma

MUGA : To evaluate accurate LVEF regional wall motion abnormalities in CAD

Salivary Scintigraphy : Sjogren's Syndrome

Meckle’s Diverticulum: To check for presence of ectopic gastric mucosa