 Nuclear
Medicine
Introduction
Nuclear Medicine uses the administration of radioactive substances
(radiopharmaceuticals or tracer) to image the internal organs. These
medicines are either given through the blood stream or by mouth, depending
on what organ system the physician is concerned with. Pictures are taken
of the distribution of the tracer over time to determine physiology
of a particular organ system. The images produced by nuclear medicine
scans are able to show the organ while it is functioning and to quantitatively
measure how well the organ is performing. Our tracers have no side effects
and only expose patients to very low levels of radiation, therefore
the potential for problems is kept to a minimum.
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