DMSA RENOGRAM
Often patients get urinary tract infections. Especially in girls, these infections may go up the tract and affect the kidney. This may cause damage to…
DYNAMIC RENOGRAM
Water-soluble substances are predominantly cleared from the body via the kidneys. The rate at which waste products are removed depends on kidney function. Many conditions…
BONE SCAN
Various processes in the body cause an increase in bone turnover, i.e. the breaking down and absorption of old bone and the laying down of…
DMSA RENDOTATATE PET-CT SCANOGRAM
PET stands for “positron emission tomography” – it refers to the radiation type emitted and the three-dimensional processing performed. PET imaging is a diagnostic…
BRAIN SCAN
A specialized barrier between the brain and its blood vessels prevents foreign materials and chemicals from entering the brain. This “blood-brain barrier” prevents specifically water-soluble…
HETEROTOPIC GASTRIC MUCOSA SCAN (MECKELS SCAN)
In 2% of the population a protrusion or growth of stomach tissue grows outside of the stomach that also secretes stomach acid and can lead…
GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING SCAN
Often patients get urinary tract infections. Especially in girls, these infections may go up the tract and affect the kidney. This may cause damage to…
PROTEIN LOSING SCAN
Sometimes you or your child may be suffering from malnutrition. One cause of protein malnutrition is a condition called protein-losing enteropathy, where micronutrient proteins are…
HEPATOBILIARY SCAN
The liver is responsible for the removal of waste products from the body. Various waste products are excreted along with bile via the biliary tract.
GASTRIC TRANSIT STUDY
Some diseases cause slowing or hastening of stomach emptying. These diseases can wreak havoc with nutrient absorption rate, which could affect blood sugar levels. Timing…
MUGA SCAN
Red blood cells tagged with a radioactive substance remain intravascular as normal red cells do. These, however, emit gamma rays and can be imaged using…
OESOPHAGEAL FUNCTION
In kids, children can sometime be born with various anatomical oesophageal anomalies that can lead to aspiration of milk and fluids (where it enters the…
MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING
Despite narrowing of the blood vessels of the heart, the actual implication for future risk of heart attack cannot be determined from conventional imaging (angiogram)…
PARATHYROID SCAN
Four parathyroid glands sit behind the thyroid gland in the neck. They are small and not easily located.
These glands regulate calcium levels in the
PET-CT SCAN
PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography. PET imaging is a diagnostic imaging tool. PET imaging is a process by which the biological functions of the…
THYROID SCAN & UPTAKE
Iodine is the natural molecule used by the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormone, which performs various important roles in the body. Technetium- 99m is…
PSMA SCAN
Prostate cancer is the third leading type of cancer behind lung cancer and breast cancer. It commonly spreads to bone but can spread to lymph…
PSMA PET-CT SCAN
PET stands for “positron emission tomography” – it refers to the radiation type emitted and the three- dimensional processing performed. PET imaging is a diagnostic…
VENTILATION-PERFUSION LUNG SCAN (VQ SCAN)
As blood clots shoot from the legs to the lungs, they block off blood vessels in the lungs and everything that they supply downstream of…
