How do doses and risk from nuclear medicine compare to X rays? Most diagnostic investigations in nuclear medicine expose the patient to a small dose of radiation similar to that received in an X-ray. ...

Nuclear medicine uses radionuclides in medicine for diagnosis, staging of disease, therapy and monitoring the response of a disease process. It is also used in the basic sciences such as biology, in ...

Dr. Derek Johnson, M.D., a 1997 graduate of Nevis High School, is chair of the division of nuclear medicine at the Mayo ...

Saint Louis University’s three-year nuclear medicine residency training program provides clinical experience and didactic instruction in all phases of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine to ...

Nuclear medicine technologists inject small amounts of radioactive material into patients and then take images of their patients' bodies to diagnose or determine the progression of certain ...

The length of the Nuclear Medicine fellowship is determined by the residency completed by the applicant. For applicants from radiology residencies, the fellowship will last or one year. For applicants ...

A novel AI approach can accurately detect six different types of cancer on whole-body PET/CT scans, according to research presented at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging ...

These are the top universities in the United States for radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging, based on their reputation and research in the field. Read the methodology » To unlock ...

"Understanding the effects of cannabis and weight loss drugs on gut motility—that is, the movement of food throughout the body—is essential for nuclear medicine providers." With the expanding ...

Voters in the South Peninsula Hospital service area will be asked on Oct. 1 if the Kenai Peninsula Borough should borrow ...

This longstanding course is designed to teach the scientific principles upon which nuclear medicine imaging is based. It gives an introduction to the underlying physics and radiochemistry principles ...