Nuclear Medicine Questions and Answers
radiopharmaceuticals
nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that focuses on the use of radioactive materials called
function
NM studies determine the cause of a medical problem based on organ or tissue
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radiopharmaceuticals - answer nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that focuses
on the use of radioactive materials called
function - answer NM studies determine the cause of a medical problem based on
organ or tissue
injection, swallowing or inhalation - answer in a NM test the radioactive material or
tracer is generally introduced into the body by
gamma or scintillation camera - answer what is used to transform these emissions
into images that provide info about the function, primarily, and anatomy of the organ or
system being studied
1923 and George de Hevesy - answer what year and who is the father of nuclear
medicine
thyroid - answer what organ was the first to be examined by NM
1958 and Hal Anger - answer what year and who developed the first gamma camera
radioactivity - answer the term ____is uses to describe the radiation of energy in the
form of high-speed alpha or beta particles
alpha or beta particles - answer or waves from the nucleus of an atom
protons and neutrons; electrons - answer the basic components of an atom include
the nucleus, which is composed of varying numbers of ______ and _______ and the
orbiting _______, which revolve around the nucleus in discrete energy levels
stability - answer the total number of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom
determines its characteristics, including its _______
nuclide - answer used to describe an atomic species with a particular arrangement of
protons and neutrons in the nucleus
isotopes - answer elements with the same number of protons but a different number
of neutrons are referred to as __________
neutron-to-proton - answer the _______ ration in the nucleus determines the stability
of the atom
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