Introduction

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Nuclear medicine is the science and clinical application of unsealed radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and investigative purposes and this includes imaging. A suitable radionuclide or isotope is combined with a pharmaceutical or a molecule which marks a particular biological function or process. The behaviour of this radio-labelled compound is monitored by radiation detectors external to the body, allowing the non-invasive measurement of in-vivo biochemical function, aspects of tissue function, and dynamic biological processes. Localization of functional information is increasingly becoming essential information for cancer diagnosis and radiotherapy treatment.

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