Nuclear Medicine

What is Nuclear Medicine?

It is a medical science that enables early diagnosis of diseases such as heart disease and cancer, along with radioactive substances. Today, the rate of preference of nuclear medicine has increased. Diseases were diagnosed early along with nuclear medicine. The severity of the treatment of the disease is also carried out together with nuclear medicine.

Use Areas of Nuclear Medicine

Neurological applications

•         In the diagnosis of dementia,
•         In epilepsy patients whose surgery is planned,
•         In the diagnosis of stroke in some paralysis patients,
•        Evaluation of brain and neck vascular surgeries,

Oncological applications

•        Treatment of pain in cancerous bones
•        Showing the location of some tumors
•        To see the growth rates of tumors
•        Evaluation of whether there is a spatter in the tumors

Orthopedic applications

• In bone infections
• Showing hidden fractures,

Kidney applications

•         Investigating kidney infections,
•         Showing obstructions in the urinary tract,
•         Investigating whether there is urine leakage to the kidneys,

Heart Applications

•         Diagnosis of coronary artery diseases,
•         Follow-up of patients in kidney transplantations,
•         Evaluation of those who have bypass surgery,
  
•         To investigate the cause of the disease in some hypertension patients,

Lung applications

•        In the diagnosis of blood coagulation in the lungs,

Other Apps

•         Goiter diseases
•          Intestinal bleeding
•          Gallbladder diseases
•          Suspicion of latent infection
•          Examination of lymphatic ways
•          Examination of tear ducts
•          Various esophageal and stomach diseases
•           Investigating hidden infections in the body
•           Examination of the functions of the salivary glands
•           Imaging of different tumors with various radiopharmaceuticals.