Technical equipment
- E.cam: Dual head camera, SPECT capable. Standard device for the majority of examinations. The largely open design also enables the examination of patients who suffer from claustrophobia.
- Basicam: Thyroid scintigraphy to determine thyroid size and location and to detect hot and cold nodules. Determination of the size of the heart chambers and the movements of the heart muscle.
- Ultrasonic device LOGIQ 200: Examinations of the thyroid gland for further differential diagnosis following thyroid scintigraphy
Frequently asked questions about nuclear medicine
In order to ensure the best possible imaging, you should definitely come to the examination fasted, i.e. if indicated, you may take your usual tablets with a sip of water in the morning, but under no circumstances should you consume tea, coffee, nicotine or chocolate. After the injection of the radioactive substance in our department, you should eat a high-fat meal afterwards, which you can bring with you or order in the patient cafeteria.
The examination usually starts in the morning and will keep you in our department for at least 4 to 5 hours. After the “resting” injection which is usually performed, the radioactive substance has to accumulate in the heart for about 1 hour, the uptake time is then about 15 minutes, followed by a stress test, either with a medication or usually by means of a bicycle ergometer, of the sort you might recognise from your exercise bike at home, for example.
You then receive the “stress” injection, which also has to accumulate again for an hour and then the second snapshot is taken. Following this, some evaluation time is required.
A first verbal result can usually be given to you after this time. We normally send the findings to you and to the referring doctors on the next working day.
