About the Department:

Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine that uses unsealed radioactive substances in diagnosis and therapy. The Nuclear Medicine department at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar was started in the year 2018 under the mentorship of Dr Kanhaiyalal Agrawal and functions regularly from there on. More than 5000 nuclear scans and therapies are done every year. Currently the department has state-of-the-art Dual Head Gamma Camera (GE Discovery NMCT 670) with 16 slice CT providing only SPECT-CT facility in the state of Odisha. Further, the department has state-of-art 128 slice time of flight PET-CT. On therapy aspect, low dose iodine therapy for thyrotoxicosis and thyroid cancer, bone pain palliation for cancer pain, Lu-177 PSMA therapy for prostate carcinoma, Lu-177 DOTATATE therapy for NET and radiosynovectomy facility are available.

Message from Head of the Department:

The practice of medicine is always in a state of flux, and is more so in today's environment of advanced technologies. Nuclear Medicine comprises one of the significant parts of these new ideas and inventions. These advances, however, also require us to modify our vision and take on the challenge of new ideas. This is where our department thrives - in an environment of innovation and transformation. The Nuclear Medicine department in AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, doesn’t have a long history; however, it has achieved significantly on all fronts like patient care, research and education. Currently we have three faculty members. We have started MD Nuclear Medicine course in the year 2021. The MSc Nuclear Medicine Technology course will be started soon. With the available advanced facilities, we hope to attract new talent to our team. Our department prospers because of the dedication and commitment of the team who truly believe in a multidimensional approach to education, research and patient care.

Major Achievements:

1.SPECT-CT facility in Odisha

1^st to have PET-CT facility (among public sector hospitals) in Odisha

1st academic course in Nuclear Medicine in Odisha

Academic Programmes:

• MD course (Nuclear Medicine)

Special Clinics/ Laboratories/Interest: 

• Thyroid and Radionuclide therapy clinic

• Stress cardiac laboratory

• Thyroid laboratory

Research Areas:

• Radiomics

• Radio-guided surgery

• Newer Radionuclide therapy

• Newer Radiotracer for imaging

Research Publications from Department::

1. Gnanasegaran G, Agrawal K, Wan S. 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET-Computerized Tomography and non-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-Computerized Tomography in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Malignancies. PET Clin. 2022 Jul;17(3):369-388.
2. Mishra BR, Agrawal K, Biswas T, Mohapatra D, Nath S, Maiti R. Comparison of Acute Followed by Maintenance ECT vs Clozapine on Psychopathology and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Schizophr Bull. 2022 Jun 21;48(4):814-825.
3. Patro PSS, Patra S, Kumar R, Agrawal K, Parida GK. Assessment of Treatment Response by Bone SPECT-CT in a Case of Dermatomyositis with Calcinosis Cutis. Indian J Nucl Med. 2022 Jan-Mar;37(1):71-73.
4. Tripathy S, Varghese P, Sethy SS, Agrawal K. Safe surgical hip dislocation for acetabular osteoid osteoma excision. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Feb 28;15(2):e246025.
5. Patro PS, Agrawal K, Parida GK, Parida DK. Uptake of bone seeking radiotracer in the metastatic lymph node from testicular tumour. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jan 17;15(1):e245002.
6. Agrawal K, Patro PSS, Meher BR, Gnanasegaran G. Prevalence of Marine-Lenhart syndrome on 99mTc-thyroid scintigraphy and response to radioiodine: A single institutional retrospective study. World J Nucl Med. 2021 Sep 22;20(4):369-373.
7. Agrawal K, Patro PS, Pradhan P, Parida PK. Management of Ectopic Thyroid in Head and Neck: Study of 8 Cases. Iran J Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jul;33(117):223-228.
8. Meher BR, Agrawal K, Gnanasegaran G. Review of Adverse Reactions Associated with the Use of Common Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals. Indian J Nucl Med. 2021 Apr-Jun;36(2):163-167.
9. Patro PS, Agrawal K, Parida GK, Parida DK. Uptake of bone seeking radiotracer in the metastatic lymph node from testicular tumour. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jan 17;15(1):e245002.
10. Agrawal K, Patro PS, Pradhan P, Parida PK. Management of Ectopic Thyroid in Head and Neck: Study of 8 Cases. Iran J Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jul;33(117):223-228.
11. Meher BR, Agrawal K, Gnanasegaran G. Review of Adverse Reactions Associated with the Use of Common Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals. Indian J Nucl Med. 2021 Apr-Jun;36(2):163-167.
12. Agrawal K, Swaroop S, Patro PSS, Tripathy SK, Naik S, Velagada S. Comparison of bone SPECT/CT and MRI in detection of pain generator in ankle and foot pain: a retrospective diagnostic study. Nucl Med Commun. 2021 Oct 1;42(10):1085-1096.
13. Parida GK, Panda RA, Agrawal K. Impact of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography in staging of patients with gallbladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nucl Med Commun. 2021 Aug 1;42(8):846-854.
14. Agrawal K, Padhy BM, Meher BR, Mohanty RR. Diagnostic utility of Ga-68 DOTA-SSTR and F-18 FDG PET/CT in the detection of culprit tumours causing osteomalacia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nucl Med Commun. 2021 Jun 1;42(6):646-655.
15. Tripathy SK, Samanta SK, Varghese P, Nanda SN, Agrawal K. Late-Onset Sacroiliac Osteoarthritis After Surgical Symphysiotomy: A Case Report. Cureus. 2020 Nov 29;12(11):e11769.
16. Tripathy SK, Swaroop S, Velagada S, Priyadarshini D, Das RR, Satpathy AK, Agrawal K. Response to Zoledronic Acid Infusion in Children With Fibrous Dysplasia. Front Pediatr. 2020 Nov 24;8:582316.
17. Meher BR, Padhy BM, Das S, Mohanty RR, Agrawal K. Effectiveness of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe COVID 19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Dec;68(12):35-43.
18. Vats K, Agrawal K, Sharma R, Sarma HD, Satpati D, Dash A. Preparation and clinical translation of 99mTc-PSMA-11 for SPECT imaging of prostate cancer. Medchemcomm. 2019 Nov 22;10(12):2111-2117.
19. Mohanty RR, Agrawal K, Meher BR. Thyroid Scintigraphy in Fever of Unknown Origin. Indian J Nucl Med. 2019 Oct-Dec;34(4):307-308.
20. Agrawal K, Sradha Patro PS, Behera KK. Graves' Disease in Eutopic Thyroid with Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid Tissue: Role of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography-Computed Tomography. Indian J Nucl Med. 2019 Jul-Sep;34(3):230-232.
21. Nanda SN, Agrawal K, Velagada S, Tripathy SK. Osteoid Osteoma of Distal Fibula: A Rare Location and its Management. Indian J Nucl Med. 2019 Apr-Jun;34(2):143-146.
22. Nanda SN, Agrawal K, Velagada S, Tripathy SK. Osteoid Osteoma of Distal Fibula: A Rare Location and its Management. Indian J Nucl Med. 2019 Apr-Jun;34(2):143-146.
23. Behera KK, Agrawal K, Adhya AK. Graves' Disease with Pancytopenia and Hepatic Dysfunction: A Rare Case Presentation. Indian J Nucl Med. 2019 Jan-Mar;34(1):38-41
24. Meher BR, Agrawal K, Padhy BM. The Global Perspective of Pharmacovigilance in Nuclear Medicine Practice. Indian J Nucl Med. 2018 Oct-Dec;33(4):269-272
25. Kashyap R, Agrawal K, Singh H, Mittal BR. Disease- and Treatment-related Complication on F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Oncology Practice: A Pictorial Review. Indian J Nucl Med. 2017 Oct-Dec;32(4):304-315.
26. Agrawal K, Tripathy SK, Sen RK, Santhosh S, Bhattacharya A. Nuclear medicine imaging in osteonecrosis of hip: Old and current concepts. World J Orthop. 2017 Oct 18;8(10):747-753.