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This type of stress test uses a tiny bit of radioactive material to look for changes in blood flow to the heart. Know why it's done and how to prepare.
Nuclear imaging involves using small amounts of radioactive substances, called radioactive tracers, a special camera that can detect the radioactivity and a ...
It contains a radioisotope that targets areas of bone that have been hurt by cancer. Lymphoma. Yttrium Y-90 and ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin) help treat ...
You also might hear this substance called a radiopharmaceutical or radioisotope. Several different tracers may be used for a specific test. The tracer ...
Radioisotope production. The lab uses cyclotron targetry to produce radiometals to radiolabel radiopharmaceuticals. Radiochemistry and automation. The lab ...
Read about what happens when someone is exposed to high doses of radiation, and what you can do to prevent such exposure in an emergency.
Radioisotope cisternography. This test involves measuring the CSF pressure and then injecting a chemical into the space surrounding the spinal cord. Then ...
This medicine is taken up mainly by the thyroid gland. In the treatment of overactive thyroid gland, the radiation from the radioactive iodine damages the ...
Single-photon emission computerized tomography. Optical imaging. MRI. Radioisotope production, radiochemistry and radiopharmacology. Radionuclide therapy.
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