QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
Nuclear Medicine primarily differs from other imaging modalities in that it looks
at ..... as opposed to ..... - ANSWER-physiology, anatomy
Nuclear Medicine uses ..... to ..... and ..... disease. - ANSWER-
radiopharmaceuticals, diagnose, treat
What kind of equipment do we use in Nuclear Medicine to image patients? -
ANSWER-gamma cameras
Nuclear Medicine applications include: - ANSWER-bone scans, lung scans, brain
scans
..... imaging uses CT and PET to show both ..... structure of CT with ..... metabolic
imaging of PET. - ANSWER-fusion, anatomical, functional
PET stands for ..... - ANSWER-positron emission tomography
A major difference in X-ray and MRI is that MRI does not use? - ANSWER-
Ionizing radiation
Why is a cryogen used for in MRI? - ANSWER-An element that is normally a gas
on earth, but when compressed becomes a liquid, causing it to drop below its
evaporation point, creating a super cold liquid.
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