The exam process can often be an intimidating experience for a patient, which is why staff in Alliance Community Hospital’s Nuclear Medicine Department makes an effort to take that extra step in helping their patients understand what to expect during their exam. This group of caring individuals do what they can to help patients feel more at ease by providing calming music or an extra pillow or blanket, helping to make their experience a pleasant one.
Nuclear medicine is unique because it shows how organs and tissues are working. For example, nuclear medicine allows physicians to see how a kidney or heart is functioning, not just what it looks like. Most other diagnostic imaging tests, such as x-ray exams, reveal only anatomical structure.
A nuclear medicine procedure is sometimes described as an "inside-out" x-ray because it records radiation emitting from the patient’s body rather than radiation that is directed through the patient’s body. Nuclear medicine procedures use small amounts of radioactive materials, called radiopharmaceutical, that are attracted to specific organs, bones or tissues. As the radiopharmaceutical travels through the body, it produces radioactive emissions. A special type of camera detects these emissions in the organ, bone or tissue being imaged and then records the information on a computer screen or on film.
If you have any further questions, feel free to call our Nuclear Medicine Department at 330-596-7749.
To schedule an exam, call Centralized Scheduling at 330-596-7187.
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Nuclear Medicine Exam Instructions
Thank you for choosing Alliance Community Hospital to perform your Nuclear Medicine examination. We realize you may have questions regarding your upcoming exam and hope this information will help explain the procedure to you.
- Bone Scan - Limited (LTD)
- Bone Scan - SPECT
- Bone Scan - Three Phase Limited (LTD)
- Bone Scan - Three Phase Whole Body (WB)
- Bone Scan - Whole Body (WB)
- Brain Death
- Brain SPECT
- Cisternography
- Doctor order cover
- Doctor order cover - shorten
- Doctor order prep sheet
- Dual Isotope Infection
- Gallium Infection or Tumor
- Gastric Emptying (GE) with solids or liquids
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Gated First Pass
- GI Blood Loss
- HIDA Scan (no CCK)
- HIDA Scan (with CCK)
- Liver Hemangioma
- Liver/Spleen Imaging
- Lung Scan VQ (Ventilation and Perfusion)
- Meckel's Diverticulum
- MUGA
- Myocardial Infarct PYP
- Myoview Stress Test
- Myoview Stress Test (Adenosine)
- Myoview Stress Test (Dobutamine)
- Nuclear Medicine Thyroid questionaire
- Octreoscan
- Parathyroid
- Renal Cortical (DMSA)
- Renal MAG3
- Renal MAG3 with LASIX
- Renal MAG3 with VASOTEC
- Rest Thallium
- Sentinel Node - Lymphatic
- Sentinel Node - Melanoma
- Stress Thallium
- Testicular Scan
- Thyroid Uptake and Scan (U/S) - 6 and 24 hours
- Thyroid Uptake and Scan (U/S) 24 hours only
- Thyroid Uptake Technetium
- White Blood Cell In Oxine
- White Blood Cell Tc Ceretec
