PRESENT STATUS AND EXPECTED CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGING IN MEDICINE

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August 26, 2013

 

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One such technique employed, which became known in the 1970's as a separate field of study, is Nuclear Medicine. Nuclear medicine involves the use of radioactive isotopes (radioisotopes) to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. It is unique as it looks at both the physiology and anatomy in imaging the body and establishing a diagnosis...
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The radioactive substance is given to the patient either intravenously or orally and the image is developed based on the detection of energy emitted from the substance. Radioisotopes are utilized in diagnosis as a standard practice nation-wide, and have been for over 60 years. Positron Emission Tomography scans (PET Scans) use radioactive atoms such as Carbon-11, Flourine-1 or Oxygen-15, produced by bombarding normal atoms with neutrons to create short-lived radioisotopes...
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