Nuclear medicine is a novel way of treatment still being largely explored by countries worldwide. Defined as the employment of safe and small amounts of radioactive pharmaceuticals to non-invasively treat various diseases (Fahey, 2012), nuclear medicine shows great potential in the area of medicine. Aside from providing non-invasive treatment, nuclear medicine also includes the use of radiation to detect histological changes resulting from a disease which helps in detecting its severity as well as the treatment options available (Fahey, 2012). The type of radiation commonly used in nuclear medicine is the ionizing radiation (Dowd, 1994). As the name implies, Continue reading...
