Description

Nuclear Medicine

At the Nuclear Medicine Department of Anadolu Medical
Center, we research whether organs such as heart, kidneys, liver, thyroid,
brain function normally or not, and whether there is cancer, infection or
trauma in the bones or not.

Nuclear medicine tests provide significant contribution
to imaging of diseases with minimal intervention to the human body. These tests
provide guidance on detection of abnormalities in the function of an organ, and
early diagnosis and treatment of very serious diseases. With these methods,
medical problems can be diagnosed at an earlier stage than with any other
diagnostic methods. Therefore, diseases are under control early on, which
improves the outcome of treatment.

Nuclear medicine methods are used to evaluate lymphatic
metastasis of the disease in surgical treatment of some types of cancer like
breast cancer and melanoma and for surgical planning as well.

At the Nuclear Medicine Department of Anadolu Medical
Center, radioisotopes are used for the treatment of thyroid cancer and some
rare types of cancer, and there are patient rooms specially designed for that
purpose.

The procedures conducted in our nuclear medicine
department are safe, efficient and painless. Prior to beginning the test, a
drug containing a radioactive material is administered intravenously or orally.
After a short time, special cameras take images of the body which are called
“scintigraphy”. By observing the spread of this radioactive drug in the organ,
crucial information is obtained for diagnosis. The images are evaluated by
nuclear medicine specialists, and results are ready on the following day.

Fields of application in our Nuclear Medicine Department

In neurological diseases

Diagnosis of
paralysis (at an early stage)

Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
Disease

Evaluation prior
to carotid artery surgery

Determination of
epileptic focus

Determination of
condition after head trauma

In oncological diseases

Tumor location

Tumor staging

Location of
metastases

Assessment of
treatment response

Treatment of
cancer related bone pain

In orthopedic diseases

Determination of
hidden bone injuries, sports injuries

Diagnosis of bone
inflammation (osteomyelitis)

Diagnosis of
joint diseases and determination of their spread

Determination of
biopsy location in tumors

Determination of
the spread of certain kinds of tumors

In renal diseases

Diagnosis of
urinary tract constriction

Diagnosis of high
blood pressure due to constriction of the kidney blood vessels

Assessment of
contribution of both kidneys to total function

Evaluation of
donor kidney

Diagnosis of
kidney infection (pyelonephritis)

Diagnosis of
kidney scars

In coronary diseases

Diagnosis of
coronary artery disease

Assessment of
bypass surgery efficiency

Assessment of
congestive heart failure treatment efficiency

Assessment of
donor heart

Selecting
patients for bypass or angioplasty

Assessment of the
cardiac risk of patients who are to undergo surgery for other reasons

Diagnosis of
right coronary insufficiency

Monitoring the
extent to which chemotherapy is harmful to the heart

Quantitative
assessment of shunts

Diagnosis of
infarcts prior to enzyme changes

In lung diseases

Diagnosis of
pulmonary embolism

Assessment of
donor lung

Other applications

Diagnosis and treatment
of hyperthyroidism (Graves Diseases)

Diagnosis of
gallbladder infection (Acute cholecystitis)

Diagnosis of
acute gastrointestinal bleeding

Differential
diagnosis of testicular diseases

Identification of
location of hidden infection

Technological equipment’s used in the Nuclear Medicine
Department

PET / CT (in the diagnosis and treatment of all cancer
types, in coronary and some cerebral diseases).