Oncology Imaging Center offers diagnosis and treatment as follows:
- Ultrasound, CT Scan
- Nuclear medicine- (PET/CT Scan), (Cyclotron)
- PET/CT Scan with FDG, F-DOPA, or PiB; 90% of PET/CT Scan will use FDG while F-DOPA is utilized in brain conditions such as Parkinson’s and other movement disorders. While the PiB (Pittsburgh Compound is used in diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, for example.
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Other diagnostic technologies with Nuclear Medicine include:
- Measure Thyroid Gland Function Thyroid Uptake
- Cancer Detection with SPECT/CT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography)
Other Services Include:
- Intervention Radiology
- a form of diagnosis and treatment using radiology such RF Ablation for liver cancer This is a technique that provides similar results to surgical treatment, with actually performing s
- urgery. Treatment is given through the skin with the help of ultrasound or X-ray to permanently kill cancer cells.
Therapeutic Radio Pharmaceuticals include:
- Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer
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- Image Guide Percutaneous Biopsy