• Women of reproductive age in cases of established or suspected pregnancy.
• Children under 16 years in cases of preventative examinations;
• Idiosyncrasy to pharmaceutical components;
• Acute psychological disorders;
• Terminal states;
• Weight or biological parameters of the patient exceeding the capacity of the equipment (220 kg, or the diameter of the gantry).

During the period of lactation, the patient must suspend breast-feeding (the duration of the suspension shall be determined by the diagnostician depending on the used contrast medium).

It is recommended to wear clothes without large or metal decorations (buttons, stones, buckles, zip fasteners, etc.); if the patient is unable to maintain a stationary position for a long time (up to 25 minutes) due to a painful condition, they may be administered an anesthetic pharmaceutical (based on a consultation with physician);

Metal prosthetics, cardiac pacemakers, stents and allergy to iodinated contrast substances are not considered to be contraindications to the examination.

Patients undergoing examination on commercial basis shall also present a referral or a consultative medical report signed by the consulting physician. The medical services are paid for after completion.

We recommend:

• stay as far as possible from other people (keep a distance of about one meter);
• drink more of (any) liquid -- up to two liters (this does not apply to persons affected by a hypertensive disease or a kidney disorder);
• avoid eating products that may lead to increased retention of liquid in the body (excessive quantities of common salt, heavily salted meals, smoked or pickled products).
• If you need to stay with somebody for a long time (for more than one hour), keep an optimal distance of two meters.
• Refrain from sexual contacts with your partner and sleep separately for the first night after the examination.
• Keep a distance of one to two meters from children under 3 years old, avoid close contacts with them (cuddling them or carrying them in your arms), if direct care of children under one year old is required, it shall be provided by somebody else (optimally, you should spend this time with relatives or friends).
• After visiting the toilet, wash your hands thoroughly with soap.
• Rinse bathroom facilities (basin, shower stall, etc.) twice after use.
• After you have finished using the toilet, flush water twice using a full tank (we recommend men to sit while urinating).
• If you breast-fed a child before the examination, you must suspend this during the examination. Do not use breast milk produced during this time (the child shall be fed artificially). You may resume breast feeding after a day or after the period stated by the diagnostician.
• Since a radioactive medium is excreted with urine, wash your underwear. It shall be washed separately and may be used on the next day. Other clothes do not require any isolation or manipulations.
• If possible, stop or limit contacts with pregnant women (try to keep two meters away from them).
• It is recommended that preschool and school teachers and other persons that are liable to contact children closely schedule a temporary leave from work.
• If you have been delivered to a medical institution on the day of the examination due to an emergency, please inform the medical staff that you were under an examination with the use of radionuclides.
• If you need to cross state borders through checkpoints, inform the laboratory physician accordingly -- airports and border crossings are equipped with dosimetry systems that register radiation.
• Since you are a source of ionizing radiation until the complete decay and excretion of the administered radio pharmaceutical, please keep the document evidencing your examination with you to be able to present it when crossing a border.

You may also find information on the examination an relevant limitations in the Internet, the medical section of a library or a book store. Since not all the information that you may find may be fully accurate, please remember that your consulting physician is the most reliable source of information.

If you should have any additional questions, please address them to laboratory stuff.