Most nuclear medicine technologists are employed in hospital settings, where they contribute to the diagnosis and treatment.

A radioactive iodine uptake test, or RAIU, is typically performed with a thyroid scan to help determine thyroid health and functioning. The test helps your healthcare provider see how much radioactive ...

The following recommendations will give you an idea of precautions to take to avoid exposing other people (as well as pets) to iodine 131, which may be present ... Here are some ways to minimize ...

It has done neither, and as time has passed, the fact has become increasingly clear that the greater value of nuclear medicine is in ... is to find a radioactive substance with a short half ...

aDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands bDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands ...

Iran, bracing for the possible re-imposition of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" policy, said on Saturday that 2025 would be an important year for its nuclear issue.

The iodine-131 is extremely dangerous because its short half-life means it's blasting out radiation ... a smorgasbord of nuclear isotopes that are in high demand by medicine and industry, so ...

Uranium has been detected in nuclear fuel debris extracted from a Fukushima plant. The radioactive element was found in one of the three meltdown-hit reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company ...