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Radionuclide Imaging

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Definition: The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph.  IM general or unspecified only: prefer / radionuclide with disease or anatomical term: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.62   
See Also Gamma Cameras; Scintillation Counting
Examples Lymphoscintigraphy; Perfusion Imaging; Radioimmunodetection; Radionuclide Angiography; Tomography, Emission-Computed 		Other names Scintiphotography; Scintigraphy; Scanning, Radioisotope; Radioisotope Scanning; Gamma Camera Imaging; Imaging, Radionuclide; Imaging, Gamma Camera
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
technetium Tc 99m-3-iodo-2,4,6-trimethylphenylcarbamoylmethyliminodiacetic acid  0   *Imino Acids *Organotechnetium Compounds Radionuclide Imaging. Int J Rad Appl Instrum (B) 1990;17(4):401

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