Positron Emitting Tomography & Nuclear Medicine
| PET |
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| FDG PET |
| Cancer stating |
| Tumour localisation |
| Assessment for pyrexia of unknown origin |
| Prostate-specific membrane antigen scan |
| Tumour localisation |
| Detection of small regional nodal metastases |
| Detection of distant metastases |
| Nuclear Medicine |
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| Bone scan |
| Detection of bone metastasis |
| Assessment of metabolic bone disease |
| Assessment of stress / insufficiency fracture |
| Three phase bone scan for active infection / inflammation |
| Renal scan |
| DMSA: assessment of differential renal function and cortical thickness |
| DTPA: dynamic assessment of renal function and drainage |
| Thyroid scan |
| Assessment for thyroid dysfunction / goiter, functional assessment of thyroid nodule, assessment of thyroid cancer and treatment response |
| Parathyroid scan |
| Assessment for parathyroid adenoma and hyperplasia |