Welcome to the homepage for Nuclear Medicine in Glasgow. There are 7 Nuclear Medicine Departments across the North and South of Glasgow. These departments perform both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

From a diagnostic point of view nuclear medicine investigations are similar to X-ray investigations in that a small amount of radiation is used. However, nuclear medicine differs from most other imaging modalities in that investigations primarily demonstrate physiological function as opposed to anatomy, which is demonstrated by X-ray, CT or MRI investigations.

Most of the scans undertaken in our departments use tracers with a short 'half-life' - this means that the tacer is only radioactive for a short period of time. Usually the tracer is injected into a vein in the arm and a picture is taken with a gamma camera.  

Please use the menu tab on the left hand side of this page to access information which is more specific to each department and examination type.

Page last updated: April 2009

Edited By: C Paterson & G Ainslie-McLaren