Nuclear medicine notes

The application of radionuclides to help diagnose and treat a wide variety of
diseases and disorders as a study of the functions of organ systems

Decay product produced by a radioactive nuclide.

Measure of radioactive decay stated as the decay rate of 1 disintegration per second

Measure of radioactive decay equaling 3.7 x 10 (10) disintegrations per second

Device used to produce neutron-poor radionuclides; apparatus that accelerates atomic particles, allowing for the production of certain radionuclides

Radioactive disintegration of a nucleus

One of a group of nuclides of the same element (same Z number) having the same
number of protons in the nucleus, but differing in number of neutrons, resulting in different values of A

one millionth of a curie

Any one of the more than 1000 species of atomscharacterized by the number of protons and number of neutrons in the nucleus

Giving off radiant energy in the form of alpha,
beta, or gamma rays by the breaking up of atoms

Any isotope that is unstable, thus undergoing decay with emission of characteristic radiation

chemical compound that disintegrates causing the emission of electromagnetic radiation and/or particulate radiation

Any two or more forms of the same element

Any nucleus plus its orbital electrons

Device that generates an image of an organ by
detecting radioactivity within that organ and recording it on film

Who developed the first nuclear (rectolinear) scanner?

Who is credited with the discovery of radioactivity?