Nuclear medicine diagnostics
In this core area of the Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine, all examinations are carried out with gamma-radiating radiopharmaceuticals.
The entire range of nuclear medicine organ, functional and whole-body diagnostics is offered.
As part of a technology partnership with GE Healthcare, the entire department is always kept at the cutting edge of technology. This includes the availability of new, fast semiconductor SPECT technology and SPECT-CT hybrid systems.
Introducing the technology partnership between GE Healthcare and the Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine at MHH in the field of conventional nuclear medicine diagnostics.
The state-of-the-art camera systems installed at the MHH and their advantages are presented in a brochure aimed at interested patients and referring physicians.
In addition, patient information flyers are available for examinations of the heart and for general nuclear medicine examinations using SPECT/CT.
To download the technology partnership brochure
To the download of the patient information flyer on cardiac examinations
Download the download of the patient information flyer on general diagnostics with SPECT/CT
The following range of routine clinical nuclear medicine examinations is offered (listed with the most frequent indications):
Diagnostics of the skeletal system
- Single-phase skeletal scintigraphy, incl. SPECT, SPECT-CT (metastasis detection)
- Multiphase skeletal scintigraphy, incl. SPECT, SPECT-CT (benign bone lesions, inflammation, loosening of prostheses)
Diagnostics of the urogenital system
- Isotope nephrogram (obstruction, unclear functional impairment, urine leakage, renal artery stenosis)
- Transplant kidney diagnostics (rejection, leakage)
- Static renal scintigraphy (precise lateral separation, scar detection)
- Probe clearance
Diagnostics of the gastrointestinal tract
- Hepatobiliary functional scintigraphy (differential diagnosis of liver tumor, bile leakage, cholecystitis, biliary atresia / obstruction)
- Oesophageal passage, gastric emptying, GI passage (functional disorders)
- Bleeding source diagnostics
- Meckel's diverticulum diagnostics
Diagnostics of the cardiovascular system
- Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with physical/pharmacological stress (coronary heart disease)
- Radionuclide ventriculography (cardiotoxicity)
- ATTR amyloidosis diagnostics (for the page of the special outpatient clinic for cardiac amyloidosis click here)
Diagnostics of the respiratory system
- Lung perfusion/ventilation diagnostics, incl. quantification (pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, functional assessment before and after surgery)
- Legal/left shunt determination
Diagnostics of the central nervous system
- Brain perfusion diagnostics (dementia, epilepsy)
- Basal ganglia diagnostics (Parkinson's syndrome)
- Cerebrospinal fluid scintigraphy (leakage, hydrocephalus)
- Brain death diagnostics
Endocrine diagnostics
- Thyroid scintigraphy (nodules, dysfunction)
- Radioiodine test (radioiodine therapy planning)
- Parathyroid scintigraphy (hyperparathyroidism)
Special tumor diagnostics
- Sentinel lymph node scintigraphy (breast carcinoma, melanoma)
- MIBG scintigraphy (neuroblastoma, pheochromocytoma)
Further special examinations on request / after telephone consultation
The following systems are available for nuclear medicine diagnostics:
A state-of-the-art semiconductor SPECT camera GE Discovery NM 530c,
for cardiac imaging with highly sensitive and fast imaging technology. Further information on this first installation at a German university hospital can be found here.
A state-of-the-art multi-line SPECT-CT system of the type GE Discovery NM/CT 670,
for flexible nuclear medicine sectional image diagnostics (SPECT) and integration with 16-line X-ray computed tomography (CT). Further information on this innovative camera can be found here.
Another SPECT-CT system of the type GE Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro.
TheGE Discovery NM/CT 670 PRO is a modern hybrid system consisting of
- a conventionaltwo-head gamma camerafor planar and tomographic organ and whole-body scintigraphy, and a fully-fledged
- a fully-fledged16-line X-ray computer tomograph (CT)for the production of low-dose CT scans for fusion with the scintigraphic data and/or the production of supplementary diagnostic CT images.
A double-head gamma camera type GE NM 830,
TheGE NM 830is a modern double-head camera system of the latest generation for planar and tomographic organ and whole-body scintigraphy.
A probe measuring station for measuring cell kinetics and organ clearance.
