Nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine utilizes radioisotopes to diagnose and in some cases treat disease. Modern instruments can image their accumulation in an organ and provide quantitative data when indicated. The strength of these procedures is in the unique physiologic information they provide, rather than the prese...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Canadian family physician 1986-05, Vol.32, p.1071-1074 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Nuclear medicine utilizes radioisotopes to diagnose and in some cases treat disease. Modern instruments can image their accumulation in an organ and provide quantitative data when indicated. The strength of these procedures is in the unique physiologic information they provide, rather than the presentation of precise anatomic detail. |
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ISSN: | 0008-350X 1715-5258 |