Published 1997 | Version v1
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Clinical applications of radiopharmaceuticals

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Description

The daily use of tens of thousands of radiopharmaceutical doses in thousands of American medical facilities, ranging from clinics to hospitals and specialty medical practices, includes ∼100 different nuclear medicine procedures that are largely directed toward diagnosis of disease through the study of pathophysiology. In addition, a small percentage of these procedures are therapeutic in nature. This paper provides an overview of these procedures

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
77
Journal Page Range
p. 544.
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSAO

Conference

Title
1997 American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting.
Dates
16-20 Nov 1997.
Place
Albuquerque, NM (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
29021227
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; IMAGES; IODINE 131; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNETIUM 99
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; DRUGS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-971125--.