Gallium-67 Scintigraphy is used for two broad purposes: The first is to detect infection. The scan is particularly useful in detecting infection or inflammation in the spine, chest region and is also useful to investigate suspected infection in bones and joints of other regions. Interpretation of the scan in the abdomen region, however,
❰❰ ABOUT THE PROCEDURE This is one of the most widely performed Nuclear Medicine tests. The principle of the test is visualization of living bone, or more accurately, visualization of the living molecules that make up bone tissue. This test is extraordinarily sensitive in detecting any abnormality within living bone. It is far more
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a non-invasive imaging test that shows how well blood flows through (perfuses) your heart muscle. It can show areas of the heart muscle that aren't getting enough blood flow. This test is often called a nuclear stress test. It can also show how well the heart muscle is pumping.
