Nuclear medicine can help diagnose and treat different conditions, including some forms of cancer. In nuclear medicine, doctors put small amounts of radioactive material into your body so they can see ...

Nuclear medicine imaging involves the administration of a radiolabelled chemical called a radiopharmaceutical. This radiopharmaceutical is administered internally, via injection, swallowing or ...

A new, noninvasive nuclear medicine test can be used to determine whether aromatase inhibitor treatment will be effective for specific cancer patients, according to a recent study reported in The ...

Doctors have used radioiodine therapy, a type of nuclear medicine treatment, since the 1940s. Now, a new generation of radiopharmaceuticals offers expanded treatment options for people with some types ...

Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, like SPECT scans, to watch the heart pump, track blood flow and detect diseases hidden deep inside the body. But today’s scanners depend on expensive ...

You will probably not need to change out of your street clothes. Once in the scanning room, you will lie flat on a table that slides into the scanner. During the procedure, the scanner will come close ...

A gallium scan is a type of imaging test used in medicine to diagnose infections, inflammation, and certain cancers. They are commonly done when you have a fever that your doctor cannot find a cause ...

Nuclear medicine technologists operate equipment that detects and maps a radioactive drug within a patient’s body to create diagnostic images. The images are then produced on a computer screen or on ...

Nuclear medicine is the branch of medicine that involves the administration of radioactive substances in order to diagnose and treat disease. The scans performed in nuclear medicine are carried out by ...

A pioneer in the diagnostic uses of radiation and the development and testing of radiotracers in the early days of nuclear medicine, Robert N. Beck, professor emeritus in the Department of Radiology ...

The Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics program at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The ...