Nuclear Medicine Intro and US

Nuclear medicine allows doctors to see

• what the body looks like

• still images

• how the body is functioning

• the whole body all at once

Nuclear medicine uses

• radioactive pharmaceuticals

• random medicine

• aspirin

• ESP

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Tracers go to/travel to

• 1 part of the body

• throughout the body

• only the brain

• only the abdomen

Tracers

• do not produce gamma waves

• produce x-rays

• produce gamma waves

• use x-rays

Is ultrasound nuclear medicine?

• Yes

• No

Is ultrasound invasive?

• Yes

• No

Ultrasound transducers convert electrical energy to

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

• sound energy

• light energy

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Abdominal ultrasound can determine

• source of abdominal pain

• kidney stones

• abscesses

• inflamed appendix

Blood flow doppler can help evaluate

• clots

• narrowing of vessels

• tumors

• greater blood flow- possible infection

Which of the following is an ultrasound image?

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