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Patient and Referrer Information
- What is Nuclear Medicine?
- Patients: Have you never heard of Nuclear Medicine? Have you been asked
by your doctor to book for a nuclear medicine scan? Would you like to read an overview of
what nuclear medicine is?
- Referring Doctors: Would you like to offer your patients an information
brochure, written in layman's terms, to help reassure them prior to sending them for a
scan?
- If you answered yes to any of the above questions please click the blue heading OR
here>
 to view a brochure in MS Word:
- "Nuclear Medicine: Answering Your Questions"
which has been produced by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine and
sponsored by our friends at Australian Radioisotopes (ARI). ARI provide many nuclear
medicine departments with their radioactive tracers. They are a part of the Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). A hard copy of this brochure should
be available from each of our practices. Also if you would like specific
information on Bone or heart scanning ask for leaflets
from your local SNIG practice.
More Patient Information from the Mayo Clinic
- The Mayo Clinic have produced a comprehensive overview of the use of
Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals. It can be accessed via the following link:
- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR203502
- or as a .pdf document by clicking here: Mayo
Clinic Information.
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- Case Studies
- Follow this link to find an interesting case study from the SNI Scan Archives.
 - Procedures
- Want to find some information about the procedures undertaken by SNI. Follow this link
to find out about scan preparation, times taken for different scans, and other related
information.
  - Request Form
- Follow this link for a description of the request forms used by the SNIG group. Future
initiatives will allow he use of digital request forms.
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- Useful N.M. Links
- No single web site can provide all of the answers that you seek. So, why not follow the
links provided. They are certain to help you to locate more detailed information about the
Nuclear Medicine and related diagnostic and therapeutic medical radiations modalities.
Although limited at this time, additions will appear regularly. Also the links will be
tested to ensure that they are still active so as to avoid any inconvenience.
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