| Cardiac - Assessment of viable myocardium |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Resting and redistribution thallium scan |
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| Cardiac - Diagnose and characterise acute myocardial infarction |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan or Tc99m
pyrophosphate hot spot scan |
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| Cardiac - Diagnose coronary artery disease |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan |
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| Cardiac - Identify patients at high cardiac risk going to major non cardiac |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan |
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| Cardiac - Identify right heart failure |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Gated heart pool scan |
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| Cardiac - Identify shunts and quantify them |
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| - Suggested Examination |
QP:QS shunt study (left to right shunt) |
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| Cardiac - Investigation of chest pain or dyspnoea |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan |
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| Cardiac - Monitor effectiveness of therapy |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan |
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| Cardiac - Monitor effectiveness of therapy for cardiac failure |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Gated heart pool scan |
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| Cardiac - Monitor potential cardiac toxicity from chemotherapy |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Gated heart pool scan |
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| Cardiac - Select Patients for medical vs surgical therapy |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan |
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| Endocrine - Assess thyroid nodule function |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m pertechnetate thyroid scan |
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| Endocrine - Diagnose hyperthyroidism |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m pertechnetate thyroid scan |
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| Endocrine - Hypercalcaemia and primary hyperparathyroidism/parathyroid |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m sestamibi/technetium pertechnetate thyroid scan |
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| Endocrine - Post thyroid carcinoma assessment |
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| - Suggested Examination |
I123 whole body scan |
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| Endocrine - Suspected phaeochromocytoma |
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| - Suggested Examination |
I123 MIBG |
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| Gastroenterological - Assess post cholecystectomy abdominal pain |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Dynamic hepatobiliary scan |
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| Gastroenterological - Assessment of oesophageal function |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Oesophageal transit study |
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| Gastroenterological - Assessment of small bowel function |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Small bowel transit study |
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| Gastroenterological - Constipation |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Colonic transit study |
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| Gastroenterological - Detect acute or chronic cholecystitis and acalculous gallbladder |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m hepatobiliary scan |
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| Gastroenterological - Diagnose and assess in?ammatory bowel disease |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m labelled white blood cell scan |
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| Gastroenterological - Investigate epigastric discomfort and bloating |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Gastric emptying study |
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| Gastroenterological - Investigation of suspected hypersplenism |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Liver/spleen sulphur colloid scan |
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| Gastroenterological - Other hepatic masses |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Liver/spleen scan for assessment of reticular endothelial
component or hepatobiliary scan for assessment of
hepatocyte components |
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| Gastroenterological - Right iliac foss pain and suspected Meckel’s diverticulum |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Meckel’s diverticular study |
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| Gastroenterological - Suspected gastro-oesophageal re?ux |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Gastro-oesophageal re?ux or milk Scan |
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| Gastroenterological - Suspected hepatic haemangioma |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Technetium red blood cell liver scan |
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| Infection - Pyrexia of unknown origin |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Whole body gallium or WBC scan |
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| Lymphatic - Investigate limb swelling/diagnose lymphoedema |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Lymphoscintigraphy |
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| Lymphatic - Sentinal node localization |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Lymphoscintigraphy |
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| Neurological - Investigate dementia eg Alzheimers disease |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Neurolite brain perfusion scan |
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| Neurological - Localise seizure foci |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Neurolite brain perfusion scan |
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| Oncological - Identify metastatic sites |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Bone scan, PET scan |
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| Oncological - Monitor response to therapy |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Bone scan, PET scan |
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| Oncological - Tumour staging |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Bone scan (primary bone cancer, prostate, breast, lung,
colon, renal and thyroid cancer, melanoma), PET scan
(Lung, Lymphoma) |
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| Pulmonary - Detect active pulmonary alveolitis/?brosis/sarcoid |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Gallium scan |
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| Pulmonary - Detect pulmonary complications of AIDS |
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| - Suggested Examination |
Gallium scan |
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| Pulmonary - Diagnose pulmonary emboli |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
V/Q SPECT lung scan |
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| Pulmonary - Quantify lung ventilation and perfusion for lung reduction surgery |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
V/Q lung scan |
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| Renal - Detect pyelonephritis |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m DMSA |
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| Renal - Detect renal scars |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m DMSA |
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| Renal - Detect renal transplant rejection |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
TcDTPA scan |
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| Renal - Detect urinary tract obstruction |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m DTPA scan with Lasix |
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| Renal - Diagnose renovascular hypertension |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Tc99m DTPA scan with Captopril |
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| Renal - Measure total renal function/GFR |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
TcDTPA scan with GFR |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Assess mandibular hyperplasia |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Regional bone scan with SPECT |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Assessment of painful joint prostheses |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Regional bone scan |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Characterize bone lesions seen on other imaging |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Whole body bone scan |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Detection of occult scaphoid fracture |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Regional bone scan |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Detection of stress fractures and shin splints |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Regional bone scan |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Diagnose osteomyelitis |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Bone and Gallium scan |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Evaluate arthritic changes and extent |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Regional bone scan |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Identify occult bone trauma |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Regional bone scan |
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| Skeletal/Orthopaedic - Investigate elevated serum ALP |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Whole body bone scan |
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| Therapy - Graves’ disease |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Radionuclide therapy with I131 |
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| Therapy - Hyperthyroidism |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Radionuclide therapy with I131 |
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| Therapy - Multinodular goitre |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Radionuclide therapy with I131 |
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| Therapy - Thyroid remnant ablation |
|
| - Suggested Examination |
Radionuclide therapy with I131 |
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