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Medical physics includes nuclear medicine/vascular measurement, cardiac physiology, and respiratory physiology.
Nuclear medicine is the use of small amounts of radioactive material to help gather images of various parts of the body. These images help professionals to make a diagnosis.
The nuclear medicine service offers a full range of imaging and in-vitro (test tube) tests including:
• bone scans
• brain imaging
• gallium Imaging
• gastro-intestinal imaging
• GFR studies
• kidney scans
• lung perfusion scans
• MIBG imaging
• MUGA scans
• myocardial perfusion imaging
• octreotide/tecktrotyd imaging
• red cell volume studies
• thyroid and parathyroid imaging
• white cell scans
The Cardiac Physiology department offers a range of procedures including stress testing, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac catheterisation, as well as providing cardiac devices.
We provide a full range of services including pulmonary function testing, sleep studies, CPAP assessment, oxygen assessment, exercise testing, and patient advice and support.
Medical Physics
Rotherham Hospital
Telephone: 01709 424572