Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses the nuclear properties of matter in diagnosis and therapy. Many procedures in nuclear medicine use radionuclides, or pharmaceuticals that have been labeled with a radionuclide (radiopharmaceuticals). In diagnosis, radioactive substances are administered to patients and the radiation emitted is measured. Diagnostic tests in nuclear medicine exploit the way that the body handles substances differently when there is disease or pathology present. The majority of these diagnostic tests involve the formation of an image using a gamma camera.   Nuclear medicine differ from most other imaging modalities in that the tests primarily show the physiological function of the system being investigated as opposed to the anatomy.

Information and research interests of Nuclear Medicine Staff

Training in Nuclear Medicine

Research publications

Teaching File

In 2010 the Nuclear Medicine Department adopted the MIRC (Medical Imaging Resource Center) Software in order to create and maintain teaching files. The MIRC Software is free software maintained by the RSNA (Radiological Society of North America).

To access the current teaching file please use the following link:

Nuclear Medicine Teaching File 

Please note that all submissions to the teaching file are anonymized in compliance with PHIA regulations.

If you are a casual visitor and would like to view some teaching files or images related to Nuclear Medicine, from the main page you can login using the following information:

Username: guest

Password: guest

Please note that only certain teaching files will be available for public viewing. Most teaching files are provided for Residents, or to archive interesting cases. All teaching files are the intellectual property of the teaching physician who created them, and copies of the teaching file are not to be reproduced or referenced without their direct permission.

 

Contact Information

Dr. Bill Leslie
Section Head Nuclear Medicine

Dr. Sandor Demeter
Site Manager Nuclear Medicine Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Anne Peterdy
Site Manager Nuclear Medicine St. Boniface General Hospital

Radiopharmacy

Kennedy Mang’era, PhD
Director

Links

Canadian Society of Nuclear Medicine (CSNM)

The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)