A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it...
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Nuclear medicine (redirect from Radionuclide test)
nuclear medicine. 2D: Scintigraphy ("scint") is the use of internal radionuclides to create two-dimensional images. A nuclear medicine whole body bone...
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Radionuclide therapy (RNT, also known as unsealed source radiotherapy or molecular radiotherapy) uses radioactive substances called radiopharmaceuticals...
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Radionuclide angiography is an area of nuclear medicine which specialises in imaging to show the functionality of the right and left ventricles of the...
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Cisternography (redirect from Radionuclide cisternogram)
fluid leak is CT cisternography. For the diagnosis of a spinal CSF leak radionuclide cisternography also known as radioisotope cisternography is used. The...
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A radionuclide generator is a device which provides a local supply of a short-lived radioactive substance from the decay of a longer-lived parent radionuclide...
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An extinct radionuclide is a radionuclide that was formed by nucleosynthesis before the formation of the Solar System, about 4.6 billion years ago, but...
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wastewater or brine. These naturally occurring radionuclides are of more concern than some man-made radionuclides used in fracture monitoring because of their...
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Primordial nuclide (redirect from Primordial radionuclide)
processes. They are the stable nuclides plus the long-lived fraction of radionuclides surviving in the primordial solar nebula through planet accretion until...
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Stable nuclides are nuclides that are not radioactive and so (unlike radionuclides) do not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay. When such nuclides...
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Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is a type of radionuclide therapy, using a radiopharmaceutical that targets peptide receptors to deliver...
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Surface exposure dating (redirect from Cosmogenic radionuclide dating)
106 years. The most common of these dating techniques is cosmogenic radionuclide dating. Earth is constantly bombarded with primary cosmic rays, high...
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required. The technique needs delivery of a gamma-emitting radioisotope (a radionuclide) into the patient, normally through injection into the bloodstream. On...
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than the age of the universe. The decaying nucleus is called the parent radionuclide (or parent radioisotope), and the process produces at least one daughter...
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Radiopharmacology (redirect from Radionuclide drug)
radioisotope, which in its general sense refers to any radioactive isotope (radionuclide), has historically been used to refer to all radiopharmaceuticals, and...
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only if the half-life of the daughter radionuclide B is much shorter than the half-life of the parent radionuclide A. In such a case, the decay rate of...
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Synthetic radioisotope (redirect from Artificial radionuclide)
A synthetic radioisotope is a radionuclide that is not found in nature: no natural process or mechanism exists which produces it, or it is so unstable...
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Isotopes in medicine (redirect from Medical radionuclides)
513–519. doi:10.1016/bs.seda.2015.08.007. ISBN 9780444635259. "carbon-13". thefreedictionary.com. Radionuclide production simulator – IAEA v t e v t e v t e...
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Perfusion scanning (redirect from Radionuclide angiograms)
pertechnetate. Initially it provides a radionuclide angiogram, followed by a static image after the radionuclide has perfused the tissue. In the healthy...
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of radioactive transformations per second that occur in a particular radionuclide. The unit of activity is the becquerel (symbol Bq), which is defined...
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A radionuclide identification device (RID or RIID) is a small, lightweight, portable gamma-ray spectrometer used for the detection and identification of...
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Bioremediation of radioactive waste (redirect from Bioremediation of radionuclides)
Bioremediation of radioactive waste or bioremediation of radionuclides is an application of bioremediation based on the use of biological agents bacteria...
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Whereas 1 Hz is one cycle (or periodic event) per second, 1 Bq is one radionuclide event per second on average. Even though frequency, angular velocity...
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blood pumped. Cardiac ventriculography can be performed with a radionuclide in radionuclide ventriculography or with an iodine-based contrast in cardiac...
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also the primordial radionuclide 87Rb) and 82 (six: 138Ba, 139La, 140Ce, 141Pr, 142Nd, 144Sm – noting also the primordial radionuclide 136Xe). Neutron numbers...
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employees to particles containing increased levels of alpha emitting radionuclides that could pose health risks if inhaled or ingested. NORM is found in...
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Yellow: Heat isolation Orange: Inner radiation protection (Tungsten) Red: Radionuclide heat source (Strontium-90) Pink: Thermoelectric unit Mounted above the...
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Neuroendocrine tumor (section Radionuclide therapy)
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is a type of radioisotope therapy (RIT) in which a peptide or hormone conjugated to a radionuclide or radioligand...
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second in one gram of atoms of a particular radionuclide is known as the specific activity of that radionuclide. The activity of a sample decreases with...
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Uses of radioactivity in oil and gas wells (redirect from Radionuclides associated with hydraulic fracturing)
Federal and state nuclear regulatory agencies keep records of the radionuclides used. As of 2003 the isotopes Antimony-124, argon-41, cobalt-60, iodine-131...
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