medical imaging 7 min read
What is Myocardial perfusion imaging of the heart
Technetium-99m Myocardial Perfusion Scan The most commonly used medical radioisotope in diagnostic procedures is the metastable nuclear isomer of technetium-99…
THE ARTICLE LIBRARY
All stories.
Ideas and explainers from across SenseCentral.
medical imaging 13 min read
Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Towards Precision Cancer Treatment
Targeting cancer with therapeutic bullets Targeted Radionuclide Therapy is a new approach in the treatment of cancer and this blog…
medical imaging 12 min read
A Bright Future for Robotic Surgery
How a robot could be your next surgeon Robotic surgery are types of minimally invasive surgical procedures that allow doctors…
medical imaging 21 min read
Targeting Tumours with Proton Beam Therapy
Proton Beam Therapy – A Radiotherapy Revolution In Memory of Bozidar Erakovic (1928-2012) In July 2018, Simon Hardacre was the first person…
medical imaging 26 min read
Medical X-Ray Imaging using Computed Tomography
How can you determine what’s in a closed box? This was a question proposed in 1967 when the British electrical…
medical imaging 7 min read
EXPLORER PET-CT Scanner: A Total Body Experience
EXPLORER Total Body PET Scanner The EXPLORER Whole Body Scanner and its capabilities reminded me about the ‘Fantastic Voyage’. The Fantastic Voyage…
medical imaging 14 min read
Radionuclide Generators
The nuclear reactor which produces molybdenum-99 has a half-life of 66 hours and decays to technetium-99m. Drytec™ is a technetium-99m…
medical imaging 8 min read
Radiopharmaceuticals used in Nuclear Medicine
An Overview of radiopharmaceuticals in clinical use Radiopharmaceuticals primarily consist of a radioisotope which is incorporated into a pharmaceutical with…
medical imaging 13 min read
Radiometals for Diagnostic Imaging and Theranostics
The first radiometal molybdenum-99/technetium-99m generator was developed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1959, subsequently, in 1964, technetium-99m radiotracers were being established…
medical imaging 17 min read
Spotting Breast Cancer
Overview of Imaging Techniques in Breast Cancer In 2016-17, a breast cancer screening programme was carried out in England and the following…
