Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear medicine has developed in the past 40 years and is now a fully established medical speciality. It depends on the use of unsealed radionuclides and the tracer principle. Nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures yield mainly functional information and contribute to the management of a wide spect...

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Published in:Radiation protection dosimetry 1996-11, Vol.68 (1-2), p.47-53
Main Author: MCKILLOP, J. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous. Technology
Radionuclide investigations
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Summary:Nuclear medicine has developed in the past 40 years and is now a fully established medical speciality. It depends on the use of unsealed radionuclides and the tracer principle. Nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures yield mainly functional information and contribute to the management of a wide spectrum of diseases. Therapeutic nuclear medicine utilises targeted radiation damage at the disease site and has applications in both benign and malignant diseases. The future directions for nuclear medicine include increasing use of tomographic methods and the development of radiopharmaceuticals which localise on receptors.
ISSN:0144-8420
1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031851