Treating cancer that has spread to other parts of the body often includes PET scans or bone scans. Both use radioactive medicine, injected into a patient’s bloodstream through an IV in their arm, to ...

Nuclear medicine procedures have been flat and are trending slightly downward, according to a report by IMV Medical Information Division. The 2011 Nuclear Medicine Market Outlook Report showed an ...

Nuclear medicine is a specialized discipline that evaluates the function and metabolism of organs using radiopharmaceuticals and advanced imaging systems. Unlike conventional imaging methods that ...

On request of the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health, the National Academies reviewed the current state of the science in nuclear medicine; identified future opportunities in ...

Medical imaging and nuclear medicine are fundamental techniques used in today’s health care for diagnosing and treating diseases, with a measurable impact on saving patients’ lives. However, the globa ...

Reston, VA—Leaders from 12 nuclear medicine organizations around the world have issued a white paper about the challenges and opportunities in theranostics education. Published in the June issue of ...

You'll typically start with classes and labs in biology, chemistry and physics, then start learning about X-Rays, CT scans, radiation safety and how to take care of patients. You’ll be trained to ...

The levels of activity in radiopharmaceuticals that are administered clinically are governed primarily by the need to balance the effectiveness and the safety of the medical procedure by choosing the ...

Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Health and Rosatom are working together on a new nuclear medicine diagnostic centre at the National Centre for Oncology and Haematology in Bishkek, with the latest stage being ...