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nuclear medicine
(redirected from Radioactive imaging)

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nuclear medicine
n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the use of radionuclides in diagnosis and treatment of disease.

nuclear medicine
n
(Medicine) the branch of medicine concerned with the use of radionuclides in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
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Noun1.nuclear medicine - the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells
medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques


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While searching for better ways of diagnosis, the researchers identified a new group of radioactive imaging agents, known as fluoronicotinamides.
Currently, perfusion information is not available using cardiac ultrasound, but must be obtained using a nuclear stress test, an expensive and time-consuming test that involves injecting the patient with a radioactive imaging agent.
While searching for better ways of diagnosis, the researchers identified a new group of radioactive imaging agents, known as fluoronicotinamides.
 
 
 
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