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Nuclear Medicine Technology

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Nuclear Medicine Technology

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            Nuclear Medicine is a profession developed as a product of the atomic age.  Nuclear Medicine Technology is one of the most advanced diagnostic technologies in today’s medical field.  The discipline of nuclear medicine began after radium was discovered almost a century ago.  Following World War II, physicians recognized the potential medical implications of radium and developed artificial radio nuclides.  Since this development the field of nuclear medicine has become a very important diagnostic discipline.

            Nuclear Medicine Technology is the medical specialty concerned with the use of small amounts of radioactive materials for diagnosis, therapy, and research.  It is one of the diagnostic imaging modalities similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, CAT scanning, and X-ray.  But Nuclear Medicine Technology procedures are totally different from other diagnostic imaging modalities.  It uses radioactive materials to perform body function studies (Organ imaging), analyze biologic specimens and treat diseases.

            Organ Imaging is the oral administration, or inhalation of radioactive material called radiopharmaceuticals. Radiopharmaceuticals are purified and compounded form of radio nuclides. After these radiopharmaceuticals are localized in a specific organ or the organ system of the body, instruments called scintillation cameras can detect the radiation emitted by the radiopharmaceutical concentrated in the organ and produce an image of the organ on a computer screen or photographic film.  These images provide a way of studying the structure and measuring the function of that organ, as well as identifying tumors, areas of infection, or other disorders. This procedure provides information that can assist the physician in diagnosing diseases where the patient feels little or no discomfort and the radiation does is very small.

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