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nuclear medicine

Medical specialty using radioactive elements or isotopes for diagnosis and treatment of disease. A radioisotope is introduced into the body (usually by injection). The radiation it emits, detected by a scanner and recorded, reflects its distribution in different tissues and can reveal the presence, size, and shape of abnormalities in various organs. The isotopes used have short half-lives and decay before radioactivity causes any damage. Different isotopes tend to concentrate in particular organs (e.g., iodine-131 in the thyroid). Radioactive substances are also implanted to treat small, early-stage cancers. This yields a slow, continuous dose that limits damage to normal cells while destroying tumour cells. See also computerized axial tomography; diagnostic imaging; positron emission tomography; radiation therapy; radiology.

nuclear medicine

′nü·klē·ər ′med·ə·sən

(medicine)

A branch of medicine in which radioactive pharmaceuticals are used for imaging or other diagnostic studies.

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No references found	3] High-resolution ultrasound (US) with colour-flow Doppler and radionuclide imaging are 2 techniques that can provide information about testicular blood flow (BF). Perfusion CT evaluation in experimentally induced testicular torsion by Ovali, Gulgun Yilmaz; Yilmaz, Omer; Tarhan, Serdar; Genc, Abdulkadir; Demireli, Peyker; Tuncyurek, O / Canadian Urological Association Journal (CUAJ) begins by describing x-ray imaging, including its properties and principles, then moves to the science behind the formation of the incident beam and its production efficiency, the formation of the emergent beam, including its influence on body tissue, the formation of a visible image, including a range of receptors, computed tomography, including descriptions of equipment and processing, radionuclide imaging, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging. Imaging science by SciTech Book News 1) Stress exercise radionuclide imaging appears to be a valuable modality in determining the functional significance of SAS. Determining functional significance of subclavian artery stenosis ... by Singh, Amolak / Southern Medical Journal	radioluminescence Radiolysis Radiometeorograph Radiometer radiometer effect Radiometer, Acoustic radiometer-type receiver radiometric age radiometric analysis Radiometric Assay Radiometric Concentration radiometric dating Radiometric Effect radiometric magnitude Radiometric Prospecting radiometric titration radiometry radiomicrometer radiomimetic activity Radiomimetic Substance radiomimetic substances radiomutation radionecrosis radionuclide radionuclide content Radionuclide imaging radiopaque radiopaque agent radiopasteurization radiophare radiopharmaceutical radiophone radiophoto radiophotoluminescence Radioprotectors radioresistance radiosensitive Radiosensitivity Radiosensitization RadioShack radiosity Radiosonde radiosonde balloon radiosonde commutator radiosonde observation radiosonde set radiosonde-radio-wind system Radiosport Radiotekhnika Radiotekhnika i Elektronika Radiotelegraph Communications	radiomimetic radiomimetic activity radiomimetic drug Radiomimetic Substance radiomimetic substances radiomutation Radionavigation Radionavigation radionecrosis radionecrosis radioneuritis Radionics Radionics Radionuclear Imaging of Micturition Radionucleide Radionucleide Radionucleide radionuclide radionuclide radionuclide Radionuclide Aerosol Sampler/Analyzer radionuclide angiocardiography radionuclide angiocardiography radionuclide angiocardiography Radionuclide bone scan Radionuclide Cineangiography Radionuclide computed tomography radionuclide content Radionuclide Esophageal Transit Test Radionuclide Glomerular Filtration Rate Radionuclide imaging Radionuclide Imaging in Drug Evaluation and Research Radionuclide Inferior Veno-Cavagraphy Radionuclide Material Safety Data Sheets Radionuclide Migration radionuclide organ imaging radionuclide scan Radionuclide scanning Radionuclide Soil Action Level Radionuclide test Radionuclide test Radionuclide test Radionuclide Trap Test radionuclide venography Radionuclide Ventriculogram radionuclide ventriculography radionuclide ventriculography Radionuclides Radionuclides Radionuclides Radioopaque Radioopaque radiopacity radiopacity radiopacity radiopager radiopaque radiopaque radiopaque radiopaque agent radiopaque contrast

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3] High-resolution ultrasound (US) with colour-flow Doppler and radionuclide imaging are 2 techniques that can provide information about testicular blood flow (BF).

Perfusion CT evaluation in experimentally induced testicular torsion by Ovali, Gulgun Yilmaz; Yilmaz, Omer; Tarhan, Serdar; Genc, Abdulkadir; Demireli, Peyker; Tuncyurek, O / Canadian Urological Association Journal (CUAJ)

begins by describing x-ray imaging, including its properties and principles, then moves to the science behind the formation of the incident beam and its production efficiency, the formation of the emergent beam, including its influence on body tissue, the formation of a visible image, including a range of receptors, computed tomography, including descriptions of equipment and processing, radionuclide imaging, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging.

Imaging science by SciTech Book News

1) Stress exercise radionuclide imaging appears to be a valuable modality in determining the functional significance of SAS.

Determining functional significance of subclavian artery stenosis ... by Singh, Amolak / Southern Medical Journal

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radiometric age

radiometric analysis