Overview
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Most of the work of the department is diagnostic medical imaging. The staff of the JGH Nuclear Medicine Department is comprised of technologists who perform the scans, as well as nuclear medicine physicians, who interpret the images.
Patients need a referral from their doctor in order to be seen in Nuclear Medicine.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
How to reach us
514-340-8222, ext. 25374 or 25372
Where to find us
Pavilion G, Room G-19
- Enter from the Côte-Sainte-Catherine entrance (3755 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road)
- Immediately, turn LEFT
- Take the Pavilion G elevators down to the S1 floor
- Nuclear Medicine will be on your LEFT
List of available exams
Diagnostic protocol
PET exam
- FDG Oncology
- FDG Neurology
- FDG Cardiac (Viability)
- FDG Sarcoid protocol/Infectious process
- Ga68-Dotatate
- Ga68-PSMA
- 18F-DCFPYL
- 18F-Choline (parathyroid)
Endocrine system
- Thyroid Uptake and scan
- Wholebody Iodine-131 scan
- Wholebody Iodine-123 scan
- THYROGEN preparation and administration
- Post treatment wholebody Lu-177 scan
Gastrointestinal system
- Liver & Spleen scan
- Denatured Red Blood cell scan with Tc99m
- HIDA scan
- Salivary Gland scan
- Meckel’s scan
- Solid Gastric Emptying
- Liquid Gastric Emptying
- Esophageal Transit
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Aspiration Study
- Lower GI Bleed
- Hemangioma Scan (Liver)
Pulmonary system
- V/Q Lungs Scan
- Quantitative Q Scan
Urologic system
- MAG3 Renal Scan
- Renal Scan with Lasix Challenge
- Renal Scan with Captopril Challenge
Cardiovascular system
- Myocardial Perfusion Study
- Cardiac Amyloid Study
- MUGA Scan (LVEF)
- First pass Study (RVEF)
- L-R Shunt (first pass)
- R-L Shunt (MAA)
Musculoskeletal system
- Bone Scan
Miscellaneous systems
- Sentinel Node
- Lymphoscintigraphy
- Peritoneal Shunt
- Lacrymal Gland Scan
Therapeutic protocol
Treatments
- Iodine-131 Treatment
- LUTATHERA Treatment (Lu177-DOTATATE)
- PLUVICTO Treatment (177Lu-PSMA)
- Xofigo Treatment (Radium-223)