Nuclear Medicine is a branch of medicine that provides diagnosis by counting the rays emitted by radioactive substances given to living things with special methods or transforming them into images with devices. Dokuz Eylul University Department of Nuclear Medicine has been serving since 1991.

There are 3 Gamma Cameras, 1 SPECT/BT device, 1  PET/BT, 1 gamma probe in our department. There are also uptake device, gamma counter, dose calibrator, area measuring devices and laminar air flow.

Our department has a wide range of examinations in the field of imaging.

SINTIGRAPHIES IN THE DEPARTMENT

Tc-99m thyroid scintigraphy

I-131 thyroid scintigraphy

I-131 thyroid uptake

I-131 whole body scan

Parathyroid scintigraphy

DTPA kidney scintigraphy

DMSA kidney scintigraphy

MAG3 kidney scintigraphy

Radionuclide cystoureterogram

Testicular scintigraphy

Bone scintigraphy

Bone marrow scintigraphy

Three-Phase Bone Scintigraphy

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

I-123 MIBG sympathetic innervation scintigraphy

Shunt analysis

Lymphoscintigraphy

Brain perfusion scintigraphy

Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT

Cisternography

CSF leak detection

CSF shunt evaluation

GI bleeding detection

Esophageal transit time and motility study

Gastric emptying time calculation

Gastroesophageal reflux scintigraphy

Meckel scintigraphy

Liver-Spleen scintigraphy

Lung perfusion scintigraphy

Lung ventilation scintigraphy

Tumor imaging with Octreotide

MIBG scintigraphy

I-131 MIBG therapy

I-131 treatment

Salivary gland scintigraphy

Dacryoscintigraphy

VUR Scintigraphy

Brain perfusion scintigraphy with Tc-99m DTPA

Scintimammography

Mass localization with gamma probe

PET/CT IMAGINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT

Tumor imaging with PET (with FDG)

Prostate cancer imaging with PET (Ga-68 PSMA)

Neuroendocrine tumor imaging with PET (Ga-68 DOTATATE)

Myocardial imaging with PET (with FDG)

Brain imaging with PET (with FDG)

Bone imaging with PET (with NaF)

RADYONUCLIDE TREATMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT

Radioactive Iodine Therapy (I-131)

Neuroendocrine tumor therapy (Lu-177 DOTATATE)

Prostate cancer metastasis treatment (Lu-177 PSMA)

Intra-arterial microsphere therapy (Y-90 SIRT)

MIBG Treatment (I-131 MIBG)

Intra-Joint Treatment (Y-90)

Pain Palliation Therapy (Sm-153)

PET/CT

PET/CT device has the latest technological equipment. With this device, functional and anatomical imaging information is obtained simultaneously. PET/CT imaging is vital in the diagnosis and staging of oncological diseases, evaluation of response to treatment, prognosis, and detection of recurrent disease. It is also used in the evaluation of heart muscle viability and brain metabolism. The follow-up and guidance of the patients in the imaging and preparation phases is done with closed circuit camera-announcement systems.

GAMMA CAMERAS

There are 3 gamma cameras in our department. Dynamic, static and SPECT images can be made with each gamma camera, and the images are stored in the PACS system. There is a television and DVD player for our pediatric patients to watch cartoons during imaging.

TREATMENT CENTER

Radionuclide therapy is the treatment of diseases with substances that emit radiation or with the help of chemical molecules (radiopharmaceuticals) labeled with these substances. The main areas of use of radionuclide therapy are the treatment of hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancers, prostate carcinoma, neuroendocrine tumors, liver cancer, liver metastases, painful joints (radionuclide synovectomy), some types of lymphoma, and the elimination of pain in bone metastases. Our center, which has been serving at a near full capacity since it was put into service, is a center where patient safety is tried to be realized at the highest rate by providing 24-hour uninterrupted health service with the on-call system as well as patient comfort and convenience.

There are four patient rooms in our radionuclide treatment center, which we started to accept patients in July 2007. One of these rooms is arranged as a patient accompanist  room. This room has been planned to allow patient accompanists to stay with children or elderly patients. The most important feature of the rooms is that their walls are “lead lined”. In addition, patient wastes such as urine and faeces are delivered to holding tanks through leaded discharge pipes. Patient wastes are kept in holding tanks until the amount of radiation is reduced that can be given to the city sewer. Since our patients have to stay in their rooms during their treatment, there are devices such as television, DivX player, refrigerator, tea and coffee maker in the patient rooms. Internet connection is available for computer use in each room.

Radionuclide Therapy:

Radioactive Iodine Therapy (I-131)

MIBG Treatment (I-131 MIBG)

Radioimmunotherapy

Intra-articular Treatment

Pain Palliation Therapy

Somatostatin Receptor Therapy