Images & Videos: General Nuclear Medicine
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Gastrointestinal bleeding: The dark spots moving on the right side of the image indicate that this patient is actively bleeding into the right colon. This is important information for the doctor to know in determining the appropriate treatment.
This test is most frequently used to diagnose spread of cancer to the skeleton. The image above is of a normal bone scan, in which metastases (tumor spread) has been excluded.
This is a typical camera used in general nuclear medicine studies. The cameras are positioned to obtain the best views for the particular study. Usually the cameras are placed close to the patient in order to get the highest quality possible.
Normal ventilation/perfusion (VQ) scan.
Your Radiologist Explains General Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine red blood cell (bleeding) scan: Red blood cells of the patient have been marked with a radioactive substance that the camera can see. When the tagged cells are injected into the patient's blood stream, they get carried away. If there is a spot of active bleeding inside the patient, the cells will leak out and collect at the point of leakage. 9 images of a patient's belly were taken, with about 10 minutes time between each image. The increasing vertical black line in the left lower part of the image (arrow), which gets denser over time, represents active bleeding at the beginning of the large bowel.
