Nuclear Medicine Unit

Overview

The Department’s research continues to focus on the major areas of cardiac, oncological and neurological nuclear medicine.

It is also involved in cardiac “hot spot” imaging of patients with an acute sympathetically medicated cardiac syndrome known as Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (“broken heart syndrome”).

Research Focus

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nuclear Medicine Department collaborates with other departments (e.g. Cardiology, Oncology) in a number of multi-disciplinary research projects. The main research focus within the department is in the study of changes in cerebral blood flow in conditions such as Alzheimers disease and chronic fatigue syndrome, as well as the treatment of rare neuro-endocrine tumours.

Our Department’s research continues to focus on the major areas of cardiac and neurological nuclear medicine. They include:

• Statistical parametric mapping of regional cerebral blood flow and MRI
• Development of new image processing techniques in brain and cardiac MRI imaging
• Age and sex-related changes in cerebral blood flow
• Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) of gastro-entero-pancreatic neuro-endocrine tumours (GEPNETs)

Staff

Director

S Unger MBBS FRACP PhD

Visiting Medical Specialists

M Kitchener MBBS FRACP

R Casse MBBS FRACP

A Warner MBBS FRACP PhD

G Cehic MBBS FRACP

K Tan MBBS FRACP

M Nottage MBBS FRACR

Medical Scientists

L Barnden BSc(Hons)PhD MACPSEM

D Badger BSc(Hons) PhD

B Crouch BSc(Hons)

MSc in Medical Physics

D Badger

B Crouch

Technologists (shared with LMH)

P Ong

G Pandos

T Smith

P Sotiropoulos

N Farnham

E Langeluddecke

J Lawrie

D Maglica

R Edwards

M Patterson

Postgraduate Students

1 Higher Degree Awarded

1 Thesis Awarded