Final exam Flashcards
PET
positron emission tomography
SPECT
single photon emission computed tomography
radioactivity is detected by
gamma camera
radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium 99m
who is the father of radiochemistry and nuclear medicine
györgy von hevesy
who invented the cyclotron
Ernest orlando lawrence
who invented gamma camera
hal oscar anger
scintillation crystals for PET scanners are made of
sodium iodine
localisation of a radionuclide in certain organs depends on it
chemical form
radioiodine therapy
- cats with hypyerthyroidism
- Iodine 131
- hospitalised for 12 days
nuclear medicine
is a branch of medicine dealing with the use of radioactive materials in diagnosis and treatment of disease
scintigraphy
able to visualise and quantitate the distribution of different materials in the living organism indicating the normal or abnormal processs of the object
radiopharmaceutical
chemical substance that contains a radionuclide within its structure and is suitable for in vivo use in the diagnosis or treatment of disease
applied IV, SC, less frequently PO
atom
composed of electrons neutrons and protons
nucleus
contains protons and neutrons
atomic mass
protons and neutrons
atomic number
number of protons
nuclidr
contains a certain number of neutrons and protons
isotope
same number of protons but different number of neutrons
isobars
differ in atomic number but have same mass number )one of two + different nuclides having the same mass