Department of nuclear medicine carries out studies that extract detailed internal images of the heart using radioisotopes. It enhances the accuracy of non-invasive diagnosis and prognostication.
The advanced SPECT gamma camera imaging system gives sectional images of the heart. The fast computer connected to these imaging systems reconstruct the imagesinto complex cardiac data in 3-D and 4-D domains for accurate and functional identification of cardiac diseases.

The protocols followed by the department are:
Conventional Stress Thallium-201 Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy(STMPS) This technique studies the flow of blood into the different regions of the heart muscles in both the resting state and on exercise by the use of Thallium-201 isotope. This centre has the largest average daily through put for cardiac Scintigraphic imaging cases.

Multi-Gated Radionuclide Ventriculography (MUGA-RNV) > This technique takes pictures of the heart between two contractions of the ventricles to study the efficiency of the ventricles.

Reinjection/Rest Thallium-201 A heart attack damages the muscles of the heart in the region of the attack. This technique studies the flow of blood into the muscles of the heart and checks the viability of reviving a damaged muscle.

Comprehensive Dual-isotope fast single day myocardial imaging. This technique studies the heart functions more comprehensively by the use of two radioisotopes. Gated Single Photon Emission.

Computerized Tomography-Gated SPECT It is an advanced technique that studies the muscle movement and the volume of blood flowing through the heart together. EHIRC is one of the few centres that offers this technique and is the national leader for this test by performing over 6000 tests since its introduction in 1994.
Various non-cardiac planar/SPECT studies for bone,thyroid,liver and lungs scanning functions are also performed here.

SERVICES OFFERED:

• MUGA
  
• Thallium
  
• Cardiac MRI