Twenty million nuclear medicine procedures that detect and evaluate heart disease, brain disorders and cancer -- and that use radiopharmaceuticals to treat overactive thyroids and some cancers -- are ...

Nuclear medicine procedures have been flat and are trending slightly downward, according to a report by IMV Medical Information Division. The 2011 Nuclear Medicine Market Outlook Report showed an ...

Treating cancer that has spread to other parts of the body often includes PET scans or bone scans. Both use radioactive medicine, injected into a patient’s bloodstream through an IV in their arm, to ...

The three-year, ACGME-accredited nuclear medicine residency offers training in diagnostic nuclear medicine imaging, non-imaging procedures and a wide range of nuclear medicine therapeutic procedures.

A recent action by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should have protected patients who are inadvertently exposed to potentially high doses of radiation due to faulty injections or ...

Hospitals are now able to ensure that the correct dose is administered to the 670,000 patients that undergo nuclear medicine procedures every year due to a new device. The number of nuclear medicine ...

Nuclear imaging frequently identifies abnormalities very early in the progression of a disease,' said Michael Thomas, director of imaging and diagnostic services at Willowbrook. "Early detection and ...

Reston, Va.—Results of a recent survey of 13 pediatric hospitals in North America show a lack of universally applied standards for administering radiopharmaceutical doses to children undergoing ...

Dr. Jean-Luc Urbain has worked in nuclear medicine for more than 30 years in three countries. He is a recognized leader in the field — he was recently elected president-elect of the World Federation ...

RESTON, Va. -- Traveling during the holidays--especially for the nearly 60,000 individuals who daily undergo a nuclear medicine treatment or test in this country--will go smoother if medical ...

Medical exposure is the largest human-made source of radiation exposure, accounting for more than 95% of radiation exposure. Furthermore, the use of radiation in medicine continues to increase ...