Nuclear medicine – the use in the diagnosis of diseases
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that different diagnostic and therapeutic potential uses, in which radioactive substances are used. At first glance, this sounds very dangerous to, but also used radio-isotopes decay very quickly, so there is no danger to humans.
Nuclear medicine is particularly frequently used to diagnose diseases of the thyroid. Similarly, but also occur in cancer, heart disease and rheumatic diseases in used.
Normally one uses the diagnostic capabilities of nuclear medicine to visualize metabolic processes in the human body. These substances are involved in these events are marked with radiopharmaceuticals and the patient then injected. The radiopharmaceuticals disintegrate while in the body and here give off gamma rays. This in turn is measured by the gamma camera, so the doctor can see how expiring metabolism in the body of the patient.
Tags: Diseases, nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals, therapeutic
