Shady Grove Radiology uses a state of the art triple head nuclear medicine camera which allows SGR to perform the vast majority of nuclear medicine studies. Our Board Certified specialists as well as our experienced technologists provide superior service to our patients and referring physicians. Dr. Vijay Varma, Director of Nuclear Medicine, specializes in the diagnosis, therapy and management of thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism. Additionally, he has extensive experience in imaging cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, colon, as well a melanoma and Hodgkin’s disease.

Nuclear medicine images can assist the physician in diagnosing diseases; Tumors, infection and other disorders can be detected by evaluating organ function. Specifically, nuclear medicine can be used to:

• Analyze kidney Function
• Image blood flow and function of the heart
• Help locate prostate cancer and detect spread of cancer to other organs
• Scan lungs for respiratory and blood-flow problems
• Identify blockage of the gallbladder
• Evaluate bones for fracture, infection, arthritis or tumor
• Determine the presence or spread of cancer
• Identify bleeding into the bowel
• Locate the presence of infection
• Measure thyroid function to detect an overactive or underactive thyroid