核医学
核医学 tests at Community 医院 of the Monterey Peninsula show the inside of your body with excellent clarity. This type of imaging can detect diseases as early as possible, when treatment works best.
认证测试
You’ll benefit from our highly trained, experienced staff and thorough quality measures meant to ensure safety and accuracy. Community 医院 holds accreditation in nuclear medicine from the American College of 放射学, which reviews our facilities regularly.
什么是核成像?
核医学 uses radioactive material, 一种特殊照相机, and a computer to create detailed images. Instead of delivering radiation from a machine, 核成像显示非常低, safe dose of radiation into your body. The radiation gives off energy that shows up on the camera.
为什么我需要核成像?
Your doctor may order a nuclear medicine test to:
- Check how well your heart, kidneys, or thyroid gland work
- Find gallbladder inflammation (swelling)
- 了解更多关于 影响大脑的问题, such as seizures, memory loss, or slowed blood flow
- 扫描你的 肺 for breathing or blood flow problems
- 寻找传播 癌症 在你的体内
核医学试验的种类
At Community 医院 of the Monterey Peninsula, you have access to exams such as:
在安排考试之前
告诉你的医生如果你:
- 生病
- 可能怀孕了
- Have a history of asthma, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, or a thyroid condition
会发生什么
Ask your care team any questions you have about your procedure so you feel informed and prepared.
准备
Follow the instructions you receive to prepare for your exam. 你应该:
- Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing. You may need to change into a gown when you arrive
- Take off jewelry, glasses, hairpins, and any other accessories with metal before the test
放射性物质
Depending on your type of test, you may swallow or breathe in the tasteless radioactive material. If you get an injection of it through a vein in your wrist, a cool feeling may spread up your arm.
The material can take anywhere from several minutes to a few days to settle in the area of your body under examination. You may need to come back to the imaging center later to take images.
在核成像试验期间
确保图像清晰, stay as still as possible during the exam, unless your technician asks you to change positions.
PET以外的测试
如果你的测试不是PET扫描, a gamma camera will move around you, sometimes very close to your body. The scanning usually takes about 20 minutes. You may get several scans over a few hours or days so your doctor can compare images taken at different times.
PET / CT检查
For a PET/CT scan, you’ll receive the CT imaging first. The PET scan will happen next and last for about 20 minutes, depending on the area of your body under examination.
考试结束后
Unless your care team tells you otherwise, you can return to your normal daily activities after your nuclear imaging exam. The radioactive material 在你的体内 will naturally leave your body when you use the restroom.
辐射安全
Rely on our nuclear medicine team to help keep you or your child safe by using the least radiation needed to create clear images. 蒙太奇的健康 imaging locations follow the American College of 放射学’s Image Gently and Image Wisely guidelines to:
- 避免不必要的影像学检查
- Use no more radiation than required
