Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine
Department of Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine at UM1 and the Montpellier University Hospital

Nuclear Medicine Department

To contact us:

Central Nuclear Medicine Department. Lapeyronie University Hospital.

371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud. 34295 Montpellier CEDEX 5. The department is located on the ground floor, 50 meters to the left of the hospital’s main entrance.

Tram: Line 1, "Hôpital Lapeyronie" stop

Phone: 04 67 33 84 64 or 04 67 33 91 17 Fax: 04 67 33 84 65

Email: medecinenucleairelap@chu-montpellier.fr

Central Nuclear Medicine Department. Gui de Chauliac University Hospital.

80 Augustin Fliche Avenue. 34295 Montpellier CEDEX 5. The department is located on the 5th floor (take one of the elevators to the right of the hospital’s main entrance).

Tram: Line 1, "Universités des Sciences et des Lettres" stop

Phone: 04 67 33 02 06 (TEP) or 04 67 33 72 87 Fax: 04 67 33 69 22

Email: medecinenucleairechauliac@chu-montpellier.fr

The Nuclear Medicine Departments at Montpellier University Hospital

 

Available imaging devices

The two branches of the Nuclear Medicine Department at Montpellier University Hospital replaced all their imaging equipment between 2013 and 2021. They are now equipped with two positron emission tomography (PET) scanners coupled with X-ray scanners, three gamma cameras coupled with X-ray scanners (one of which is equipped with wide-field CZT detectors), a semiconductor gamma camera dedicated to cardiological examinations, and a bone densitometer. This high-tech equipment enables us to offer patients and referring physicians imaging services that meet the most stringent international quality standards. In particular, this equipment enables multimodal imaging (coupled scintigraphy and X-ray computed tomography) whenever these innovative techniques provide an improvement in sensitivity or specificity (PET, bone scintigraphy, cardiac scintigraphy, oncology-focused scintigraphy, etc.).A dedicated CZT camera also enables the performance of all isotopic cardiology examinations, allowing for comprehensive evaluation (stress, rest, and redistribution studies for perfusion tracers, rhythm-focused studies, etc.) within an optimized examination timeframe.

 

Scintigraphy exams offered at Montpellier University Hospital

The two branches of the Nuclear Medicine Department at Montpellier University Hospital (Lapeyronie and Gui de Chauliac) are equipped to perform, under optimal conditions, all diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures, including bone scintigraphy (SPECT-CT and PET-CT), cardiac scintigraphy (perfusion, tomoventriculography, MIBG, viability), pulmonary, thyroid, parathyroid, renal (including isotope clearance measurements), adrenal, and oncological scintigraphy (SPECT and PET: MIBG, 18FDG, 18FDOPA, 18F-CHOLINE, 68Ga-DOTATOC, 68Ga-PSMA), brain, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, stomach and esophagus, lymphatic system, scintigraphy with in vitro-labeled red blood cells, labeled polymorphonuclear cells, etc.).

These services also offer therapeutic treatment using internal radiation therapy for a wide range of non-neoplastic conditions (hyperthyroidism, craniopharyngiomas, synovial cysts, etc.), as well as preoperative sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Finally, in collaboration with the Interventional Radiology Department at St. Eloi University Hospital, the department offers targeted internal radiation therapy (TIRT) for liver tumors.

Appointment Request Forms (to be completed by the physician requesting the examination)

 

Patient Information Sheets

Positron Emission Tomography ( PET-CT or PET scan)

Myocardial scintigraphy

Isotope ventriculography

Brain and head scintigraphy

Lung scans

Bone scans

Thyroid and parathyroid scans

MIBG Scintigraphy (Non-Myocardial)

Lymphoscintigraphy

Renal scintigraphy

Treatments using radioactive isotopes

Hematological scintigraphy

Gastrointestinal scintigraphy

Bone densitometry