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Why should I have a nuclear stress test?
A nuclear stress test can be performed for many different indications. Some of the common reasons are: shortness of breath chest pain or tightness previous history or family history of cardiac problems follow-up on progression of known disease establishment of … Continue reading
Diagnostic Cardiac Procedures
There are many nuclear diagnostic procedures available. One of the most common indications for any type of medical work up is cardiac evaluation. Many patients present with some form of chest pain or discomfort or related symptoms. Since this is … Continue reading
What is in a Nuclear Medicine dose?
Nuclear medicine imaging doses are either radiopharmaceuticals or radioisotopes. As the name implies, radiopharmaceuticals include an active pharmacological component or chemical bound to a certain radioisotope. Role of the pharmaceutical The pharmaceutical part of a dose is taken up by … Continue reading
What is Nuclear Medicine?
This area of diagnostic imaging uses radioactive tracers to detect certain diseases or abnormalities in a body. The word radioactive causes a lot of concern among patients. While it sounds scary, millions of nuclear medicine studies have been safely performed … Continue reading
Nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine is not exactly a household name. Most people have no idea about its very existence until their doctors send them for that first study. The name itself generates all kinds of scary images and lends itself to many … Continue reading
Diagnostic imaging
Nuclear Medicine is a subspecialty of Diagnostic Imaging, in the same group as CT, MR, x-ray, ultrasound, and several others. Despite its seemingly scary name, the modality is safe and effective. Diagnostic imaging provides a glimpse into the structure and … Continue reading
Common myths about nuclear medicine
As a senior technologist with a 15-year career in Nuclear Medicine, I have heard and seen some glorious misconceptions about our imaging modality. The latest example was just a few days ago when patient was told about swallowing a radioactive … Continue reading
My career in Nuclear Medicine
I graduated from the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Nuclear Medicine Program in 1994 and have been working at my present job since 1996. My career spans almost 15 years and a lot has changed in the way of equipment and software. … Continue reading