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… Overview A salivary gland scan uses a special camera and a tracer (radioactive chemical) to take pictures of the salivary … before the test to get through 1 to 2 days of feeding. The radioactive tracer used in this test can get into your …
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… (SPECT) is a test that uses a special type of camera and a tracer (a radioactive substance in liquid form) to look at organs or … this test. Are or might be pregnant. Are breastfeeding. The radioactive tracer used in this test can get into your …
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… check for problem areas in certain tissues in your body. A radioactive tracer (tracer) called gallium citrate is injected into a … the test, stop breastfeeding 2 weeks before the test. The radioactive tracer will not build up in your breast tissue. …
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… takes pictures of the heart after a special test medicine ( radioactive tracer ) is given through an IV . The tracer travels through … before the test to get through 1 to 2 days of feeding. The radioactive tracer used in this test can get into your …
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… (PET) is a test that uses a special type of camera and a tracer (radioactive substance) to look at organs in the body. The … You are or might be pregnant. You are breastfeeding. The radioactive tracer used in this test can get into your …
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… test. Tell your doctor if you have had a test that used a radioactive substance (tracer) within the last 7 days. Recent tests such as a thyroid scan or bone scan that used a radioactive tracer can interfere with the test results. Let …
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… Non-invasive imaging test. You get an injection of a radioactive tracer into your blood. Then your doctor uses a special … Non-invasive imaging test. You get an injection of a radioactive tracer into your blood. Then your doctor uses a …
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… before the test to get through 1 to 2 days of feeding. The radioactive tracer used in this test can get into your breast milk and … to cells or tissue. That's the case even with the low-level radioactive tracer used for this test. But the chance of …
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… under the arm. Your doctor injects a blue dye or special tracer substance or both into the area around the original cancer site. The dye or tracer moves to the first lymph node (sentinel node) that drains close to the cancer site. The dye or tracer makes a map pattern of lymphatic fluid. The map can …
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… a capsule or some water to swallow that contains tagged or radioactive material. Collect more samples of your breath. … formed when H. pylori comes into contact with the tagged or radioactive material. Stool antigen test For this test, you … no known risks or complications with a urea breath test. If radioactive carbon is used, the amount of radioactivity …
