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ABOUT NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Nuclear medicine uses unsealed sources of radioactivity for
diagnosis and treatment1. Approximately 90 per cent of
the work in this specialty involves diagnostic imaging. The images
provide information that indicates organ function rather than
structure. Studies cover patients from many different specialties -
for example a bone scan may be requested by the departments of
oncology, orthopaedics, general medicine, surgery or paediatrics.
The range of available scans is expanding with the introduction of
new equipment and new chemical tracers.
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Requirements for Physician Training (Adult Medicine, New
Zealand), RACP, 2000-2001, 135
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