Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty that uses radioactive tracers to evaluate the cause of a medical condition based on the function of your bones, organs, and tissue, and to diagnose or treat disease. Using information gathered from Gamma and SPECT/CT scanners, our Radiologists diagnose conditions of blood circulation, infections, organ function, tumors, and forms of cancer.
Our Nuclear Medicine program offers a variety of imaging services for bone, brain, cardiac, gastrointestinal, liver, lung, renal, and thyroid studies. Specific studies include:
- Bone Scan
- Brain Shunt, Cisternogram
- Cardiac Amyloid with SPECT-CT
- Gastrointestinal HIDA, Leak, Bleed, and Gastric Emptying
- Liver Studies (Hepatiq, Spleen, Hemangioma)
- Lymphoscintigraphy (Breast, Melanoma, Lymphedema)
- Meckles
- MIBG
- Myocardial Perfusion Scan
- Octreoscan
- Parathyroid SPECT-CT
- Pulmonary Lung VQ/ with Quant
- Renal Function, Lasix, and Captopril Studies
- Thyroid Studies (I-131 and I-123)
- Tumor Studies (Gallium and WBC)
- Y-90 Radioembolization
Most services are provided at Community Memorial Hospital – Ventura on the first floor of the Mountain Tower. For more information or to schedule and appointment, please call 805-948-5026.
Our Nuclear Medicine program offers safe, high-quality care and is accredited by the American College of Radiology.
