It’s a type of nuclear medicine scan. In order to do the scan, a very small amount of gallium is injected into your blood before the actual imaging. A camera is used to detect emissions from ...

A gallium scan is a diagnostic test that looks for infection, inflammation, and tumors. The scan is generally performed in the nuclear medicine department of a hospital. Gallium is a radioactive ...

In places where the scanner finds gallium gathered, it might be a sign of inflammation, infection, or cancer. Nuclear medicine scans are generally safe and have been around in some form for about ...

Nuclear medicine is the branch of medicine that ... the indium white blood cell scan, and the gallium scan.

This article is authored by Dr Baljinder Singh, professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh.

It will enable AOI Nagpur to offer advanced Gallium-based PET CT scan services for detecting cancer at a molecular level. Starting January 2025, the nuclear medicine department will provide highly ...