Positron Emitting Tomography & Nuclear Medicine
PET |
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FDG PET |
Cancer stating |
Tumour localisation |
Assessment for pyrexia of unknown origin |
Prostate-specific membrane antigen scan |
Tumour localisation |
Detection of small regional nodal metastases |
Detection of distant metastases |
Nuclear Medicine |
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Bone scan |
Detection of bone metastasis |
Assessment of metabolic bone disease |
Assessment of stress / insufficiency fracture |
Three phase bone scan for active infection / inflammation |
Renal scan |
DMSA: assessment of differential renal function and cortical thickness |
DTPA: dynamic assessment of renal function and drainage |
Thyroid scan |
Assessment for thyroid dysfunction / goiter, functional assessment of thyroid nodule, assessment of thyroid cancer and treatment response |
Parathyroid scan |
Assessment for parathyroid adenoma and hyperplasia |