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Total Body Bone Scan
|
No preparation
is required Patient arrives
early in the morning and
receives and injection of
radioisotope, which takes
approximately 5 minutes. The
patient returns 2-3 hours later
for the actual scan, which takes
approximately 1 hour. |
|
3
Phase Bone Scan |
No preparation
is required.
Patient arrives early in the
morning and receives an
injection of radioisotope and an
initial scan is done, which
takes approximately 30 minutes.
The patient returns 2-3 hours
later for the next phase of
scanning. |
|
DISIDA Scan |
Nothing to eat
or drink for 4 hours before the
exam |
|
DISIDA Scan with Ejection
Fraction |
Nothing to eat
or drink for 4 hours before the
exam |
|
Gastric Emptying |
Nothing for eat
or drink for 8 hours before the
exam |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleed |
No preparation
is required |
|
Hemangioma (tagged RBC) |
No preparation
is required.
Images are taken at 1, 2, and
3 hours. Final image series
takes 1.5 hours |
|
Infection Localization Indium
Scan |
No preparation is
required. Patient arrives
early in the morning to have
blood drawn. Patient returns in
3 hours for reinjection. Patient
returns in 3-4 hours for
scanning. |
|
Liver/Spleen Scan |
No preparation
required.
This exam cannot be performed
with thyroid uptake |
|
Meckels |
Nothing to eat
or drink after midnight on the
evening before the exam. |
|
MUGA Scan |
No preparation
is required. |
|
Parathyroid Scan |
No preparation
is required.
Patient arrives early in the
morning for initial images.
Patient returns for next series
of images in 2-4 hours. Patient
returns for final images in 4-6
hours. |
|
Neotect Scan |
No preparation
is required.
Patient arrives early in the
morning and receives an
injection of radioisotope, which
takes approximately 5 minutes.
The patient returns 2-3 hours
later for the actual scan, which
takes approximately 1 hour. |
|
Renal Scan with Captopril |
No caffeine for
24 hours before the exam.
Nothing to eat after midnight on
the evening before the exam.
Clear fluids are allowed up
until the exam. |
|
Renal Scan with Lasix |
No preparation
is required. |
|
Thyroid Scan/Uptake Scan |
Patient should
not take thyroid medications for
4-6 weeks before the exam.
Patient should not have x-ray
dye for 90 days before this
exam. |
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|
Nuclear Medicine:
Includes Total
Body Bone Scans, 3 Phase Bone Scans, DISIDA
Scan, Gastric Emptying, Gastrointestinal Bleed,
Hemangioma, Infection Localization Indium Scan,
Liver/Spleen scan, Meckels, MUGA Scan,
Parathyroid Scan, Neotect Scan, Renal Scan with
Captopril, Renal Scan with Lasix, and
Thyroid/Uptake Scans