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How does Nuclear Medicine Works?

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Since a very long time, radiation is being used in the realm of medical sciences to provide better opportunities of clear diagnosis and conceivable solutions to enhance successful results of apt treatments which have proved to be life saviour in many cases. The most prominent example is the use of radiation therapy to treat various forms of cancer which are often fatal in nature. This use of radiation has been expanded at the level of medications and drugs which is provided to the patients and it is a known as a nuclear medicine. Particularly, radioactive materials which are technically known as radioisotopes/radiopharmaceutical are used in nuclear medicine describes the widely renowned nuclear medicine centres in India. Nuclear medicine has been lately manoeuvred as a significant branch of medical imaging in which a radiology is employed to diagnose and treat many medical conditions which specifically include cancers, heart disease, gastrointestinal, endocrine and neurological...

What are the Different Diagnostic Tests in Nuclear Medicine ?

Nuclear medicine is the branch of medicine which uses radioactive substances in the diagnosis as well as treatment of different diseases. Radiology is one of the most important parts of this field. But it should not be completely related to this branch. In this procedure, the patient will inhale, swallow and injected with a radiopharmaceutical. It is known as radiotracer. It travels through the area being examined and gives off the energy. This energy is in the form of gamma rays that are detected by a special camera and a computer to create images inside the body. The main reason to use this procedure is because other procedures cannot detect the unique information. Nuclear medicine is used in diagnosis with the help of above mentioned radiopharmaceutical method. The patient will lie on the table and there is a camera present to take pictures. This camera focuses on the area where the material is concentrated and the doctor will see what kind of problem there is. Two of the...