NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Nuclear Medicine uses radioactive substances in both the diagnosis and treatment of a range of diseases.

We provide nuclear medicine services at Castle Hill Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary, and support nuclear medicine services at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby.

For patient information and contact details please refer to the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Website.

This is a Nuclear Medicine bone scan, the most commonly performed Nuclear Medicine procedure.

State-of-the-art imaging allows Nuclear Medicine and CT images to be taken at the same time. By superimposing the images we can more accurately see where diseased areas are.

DIAGNOSIS

  • Two GE gamma cameras (one 870DR and one 870CZT solid state) at Castle Hill Hospital
  • A GE Hawkeye gamma camera at Hull Royal Infirmary
  • A Siemens Biograph mCT Flow Edge PET/CT Scanner at Castle Hill Hospital (operated by Alliance Medical Ltd)
  • Two Philips Gamma Cameras at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby (operated by Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust)

TREATMENTS

  • Radioiodine for thyrotoxicosis
  • Radioiodine for thyroid cancer ablation
  • Radium-223, strontium-89 and samarium-153 for bone metastases

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Collaborative research with the University of Hull
  • State of the art GE GENtrace medical cyclotron, for producing PET tracer, planned for installation in 2023 (courtesy of the Daisy Appeal)
  • New radiopharmacy at Castle Hill Hospital planned for 2023

MEDICAL PHYSICS EXPERTS

The MPE’s under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 for nuclear medicine practices for Hull University Teaching Hospitals are:

  • Dr Graham Wright (Head of Nuclear Medicine Department)
  • Mr Manos Papadopoulos (Principal Physicist)

The MPEs are supported by a team of registered physicists, clinical technologists and other support staff within the Nuclear Medicine Departments, as well as Radiation Protection Advisers and staff from within the Medical Physics Service

VISIT THE HULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST WEBSITE

For patient information please refer to the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Website.

FIND OUT MORE

ADDRESS
Radiation Physics Department
Queen's Centre
Castle Hill Hospital
Cottingham
East Yorkshire
HU16 5JQ
U.K.
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