Radiation
This type of radiation is used in Nuclear Medicine
Ionizing
This device was instrumental is creating the field of nuclear medicine
cyclotron
Outside of human care, materials used for nuclear medicine have this function
sterilization of medical equipment
Tracer
The specialized practice of diagnosing and treating diseases using medical imaging procedures is this field
Radiology
This was the first year nuclear medicine was used on a human
1935
This many nuclear medicine procedures are conducted annually
40 million
This nuclear medicine procedure is best used for metastatic cancers
Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT)
Tracers emit short bursts of this type of radiation particles
Gamma Rays
Brother of Ernest Lawrence, this man helped apply nuclear medicine to cancer treatment
John Lawrence
This disease is treated by nuclear medicine but can also be caused by it
Cancer
This is the device used to track radioactive material inside a human body
SPECT
These 2 symptoms are possible reactions to intense nuclear medicine
Nuclear Medicine was started by this individual at UC Berkley
Ernest Lawrence
The diagnosis procedures of nuclear medicine are used to examine these 2 things
Organ and Tissue
Positron emission tomography
SPECT devices detect this
Single photons
this substance was first used to test nuclear medicine
Radioactive sodium chloride
These are the 3 most common body part scans using nuclear imaging
Heart, Lungs and Thyroid
A cyclotron does this