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Nuclear Medicine Booklet (in Arabic)كتيب عن الطب النووي باللغه العربيه

A booklet descriping Nuclear Medicine in Arabic language. Made by Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait. <Click here to download it as pdf format> (كتيب عن الطب النووي باللغه العربيه. اضغط الرابط فوق للتحميل)

What is Lymphoscintigraphy?

What is Lymphoscintigraphy? Lymphoscintigraphy is a special type of nuclear medicine imaging that provides pictures called scintigrams of the lymphatic system. Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose or treat a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers, heart disease and certain other abnormalities within the body. Nuclear...

What is Cardiac Nuclear Medicine?

What is Cardiac Nuclear Medicine? Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose or treat a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers, heart disease and certain other abnormalities within the body. Nuclear medicine or radionuclide imaging procedures are noninvasive and usually painless medical tests that help physicians diagnose...

Children’s (Pediatric) Nuclear Medicine

What is Children’s (Pediatric) Nuclear Medicine? Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose or treat a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers, heart disease and certain other abnormalities within the body. Children’s (pediatric) nuclear medicine refers to examinations done in babies, young children and teenagers. Nuclear...

Radioiodine (I -131) Therapy for Hyperthyroidism

What is Radioiodine (I -131) Therapy and how is it used? Radioactive Iodine I-131 (also called Radioiodine I-131) therapy is a treatment for an overactive thyroid, a condition called hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism can be caused by Graves’ disease, in which the entire thyroid gland is overactive, or by nodules within the gland which are locally overactive in producing too much thyroid hormone. Nuclear...

Thyroid Scan and Uptake

What is a Thyroid Scan and Uptake? The thyroid scan and a radioactive iodine uptake test (RAIU), also known as a thyroid uptake, are types of nuclear medicine imaging. Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose or treat a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers, heart disease and certain other abnormalities within the body. Nuclear...

What Is Nuclear Medicine?

Nuclear medicine specialists use safe, painless, and cost-effective techniques to image the body and treat disease. Nuclear medicine imaging is unique, because it provides doctors with information about both structure and function. It is a way to gather medical information that would otherwise be unavailable, require surgery, or necessitate more expensive diagnostic tests. Nuclear medicine imaging...