Overview Flashcards
Radiopharm
Atoms
Radioactivity
Radiochemistry
Radiopharmacy
Radiation detector
Gamma Camera
PET
Instrumentation
Radiation protection
Functional Images
Diagnostic
Therapeutic
Non imaging exams
Use radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis , therapy and medical research
Nuclear medicine
Determined the CAUSE of medical problem basedon organ or tissue function
Nuclear medicine
Types of nuclear medicine
In vitro
In vivo
Involving radiopharmaceuticals wherein biological samples are processed in test tubes
In vitro
Combines the use of radichemicals and antibodies to measure the level of hormones
Radioimmunoassay ( RIA)
Invitro samples
In vitro GFR
T3 and T4 test
Urea breath test
Tsh
Filters of the kidney
Glomerular filtration rate
Iodine metabolism, diagnose hyperthyrodism
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
Diagnose with Helecobater pyloric infection
Uses carbon 14
Urea breath test
Two hormones of tge thyroid
T3 - Triiodothyronine
T4 - Thyroxine
Discovered RIA
Rosalyn Yalow
Administration of radiopharmaceuticals to patient to obatain necessary info
In vivo studies
Combination of tadioactive material and pharmaceutical
Radiopharmaceuticals
Father of modern atomic theory
John Dalton
Discovered xrays
Wilhelm Roentgen
Father of radioactivity
Henri Becquerel
Discovered Radium and Polonium
Marie Curie
Father of NucMed
Georg de Hevesy
Invented cylclotron
Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Discovered Technicium
Emilio Segre
Carlo Perrier
Discovered Positron
Carl Anderson
Invented Nuclear Reactor
Enrico fermi
Father of PET
David Kuhl
Developed Gamma Camera
Hal Anger
Construct the dirst radioisotope scanner
Dr. Benedict Cassen
