Category:Nuclear medicine
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Nuclear medicine is the branch of medicine that uses unsealed radioactive substances in diagnosis and therapy. These substances consist of radioisotopes or pharmaceuticals labelled with radioisotopes (radiopharmaceuticals). In diagnosis, radioactive substances are administered to patients and the radiation emitted is measured. The majority of these diagnostic tests involve the formation of an image using a gamma camera. Imaging may also be referred to as radionuclide imaging or nuclear scintigraphy. Other diagnostic tests use probes to acquire measurements from parts of the body, or counters for the measurement of samples taken from the patient. In therapy, radioisotopes are administered to treat disease e.g. the adminstration of iodine-131 for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis and thyroid cancer.
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