Nuclear Medicine - Patient Information
Liver-Spleen Imaging

  

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Appointment Date:    

Registration Time:             

Imaging Time:       

CAUTION:  Please inform the Technologist if there is ANY chance you are pregnant or are currently breast feeding.        

Patient preparation:

None.

Procedure:

  1. You will receive an injection of the radioactive tracer in a vein, usually in the arm.  

  2. Imaging begins immediately and typically takes 60-90 minutes.

Parking and other information:

Parking is available in the Physician's and Surgeon's South Building.  Entrances to this parking structure are available from Patterson Street, Hilyard Street and East 12th Avenue.  We provide parking validation.

Please register in the Outpatient Department located at 1600 Hilyard Street, 3rd floor (located in the Physician's and Surgeon's South Building).  After registering you will be escorted to Nuclear Medicine.  We make every effort to perform each patient's procedure in a timely manner, however, unforeseen delays occasionally occur.

Please contact us at (541) 686-7010 to cancel or reschedule your appointment.  We appreciate 24 hour cancellation notice.  Our office hours are between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Mon - Fri).

All results will be sent directly to the physician who ordered your exam.  Unless other arrangements have been made, results will be sent within 5 days.

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Nuclear Medicine
Sacred Heart Medical Center
1255 Hilyard St., Eugene
(541) 686-7010

Please call 686-7010 to schedule your patient's exam.

 

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