Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Dinajpur Medical College Campus

Objectives of the Division

Promotion of Nuclear Medicine throughout the country

Major facilities available in this Centre

• Thyroid Uptake and Scan
• Hormone Assay by RIA method
• Thyrotoxicosis and Thyroid cancer treatment by I-131
• Beta radiation after Pterygium operation
• Ultrasonography
• Color Doppler study of peripheral vessel.
• Single head SPECT
• Bone Mineral Density (BMD) test

Past Activities/Achievement/Success Stories

• Conducted a research project entitled “Thyroid Status of Population in Greater Dinajpur”.
• Participated in the National Scientific and Technology Week every year and obtained prizes.
• Published many research articles in indexed journals at home and abroad.
• Developed a reporting software named Quick Report.

Activities of the Centre

Research (R&D) Projects

1. Name of the project : Study and Evaluation of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) of the Population in Grater Dinajpur.
2. Objectives of the Project : To evaluate the thyroid status of the school going children of this region by estimating thyroid hormone, urinary iodine excretion level and clinical evaluation.
   1. Starting date : 2001
   2. Completion date : 2003

Services

Both Diagnostic and Therapeutic services are available here.

Diagnostic:

Both In-vivo and In-vitro techniques are used in this center for diagnosis of diseases.

1. In-vivo technique: The following tests are performed here for diagnosis using this technique.

   1. Thyroid Uptake: This test is performed with thyroid uptake system to determine the function of thyroid gland.
   2. Nuclear Imaging: Disease of bone, brain, liver, Kidney, thyroid gland etc. are detected by taking images of the respective organs with Single Head SPECT and gamma camera.
   3. Renogram: this test is performed with SPECT to determine the functional characteristics of kidneys.
2. In-vitro technique: Thyroid related hormones (T3, T4, TSH and FT4) are being estimated in the lab by Radio Immunoassay (RIA) technique with modern instruments.
3. Ultrasonogram: Here color and conventional ultrasonogram on a wide range of organs and systems are performed.
4. BMD test: This test is performed for assessing osteoporotic fractures.

Therapeutic:

1. Radioactive Iodine (I­­-131) is used for Thyrotoxicosis.
2. Sr-90 is used after Pterygium operation of eye.

1. Arranged a training program for the students of the Dept. of Physics of Dinajpur govt. College entitled “Radioisotopes in Nuclear Medicine”.
2. Arranged a scientific seminar on “Bone Mineral Densitometry”

Future plan/ Activities

• Transfer of this center to newly developed Dinajpur Medical College Hospital campus
• Provide more modern service to the thyroid disorder patient which is a major public health problem in this part of this country.
• This centre is recently equipped with modern instrument like SPECT, Digital Thyroid Scanner, Color Doppler Ultrasound and modern RIA laboratory. We will provide more service to the people in future.
• Establishment of a thyroid clinic with joint collaboration with Dinajpur Medical College.
• Detection of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women by BMD instrument which is already established in this centre.