Week 3 - Nuclear medicine

Question 1

Nuclear Medicine

Answer 1

Allows early pathology diagnosis of bones
Involves a branch of radiology that involved the intro of radioactive substances into the body for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes

Question 2

Source of radiation

Answer 2

Injected, inhaled or ingested into the patient
- relies on microcirculation to transport a pharmaceutical to the organ

Question 3

Bone scan

Answer 3

• 3 hours post injection images will demonstrate the absorption of the radioisotope into the bone as a ‘hot spot’

Question 4

Nuclear medicine indications

Answer 4

Cancer that metastised in the bone
Truama
Stress fracture
shin splints
bone infections
atypical bone pain

Question 5

CONTRADICTIONS

Answer 5

pregnancy
breastfeeding
inability to lie flat
inability to keep still
claustrophobia

Question 6

Advantages

Answer 6

Highly sensitive for very early detection of disease
low risk of allergic or toxic reactions

Question 7

Disadvantages

Answer 7

low-resolution imagines
NM is not specific
Long uptake time the whole procedure takes about 4 hours to complete