The use of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases is called Nuclear Medicine. In the Department of Nuclear Medicine, function imaging is performed for almost every organ-system related disease. Diagnostic examinations performed in these centers are the scintigraphic imaging of thyroid, bone, heart, kidney and many other organs and diseases; at the same time, some tumor and inflammatory diseases, especially thyroid diseases, are treated.

Nuclear Medicine Terminology

- Scintigraphy: The name given to the procedures performed in nuclear medicine.

- Radiopharmaceuticals: In nuclear medicine, these are chemical drugs which contain small amounts of radioactive material and can be administered to patients via various means (oral or intravenous).

- Planar Method: In nuclear medicine, this is the name of the method by which films are shot on one plane and from two directions.

-  SPECT: Images are taken from around the organ being filmed at an angle of 180 or 360 degrees. Raw images resulting from the shot are processed with the help of a computer. By this method, the imaged organs are examined in 3D.

- PET: Positron beams are the radioactivity used here. The other components are like SPECT.