Nuclear Medicine

Is nuclear medicine safe?

• Yes

• No

How is a Tracer administered (given)

• Orally

• Intravenously 

• Both orally and intravenously 

What can a Gamma cam see?

• Radioactivity 

• Bones

• Llamas

Three organs tracers accumulate in are

• Bone

• Thyroid

• Heart

• Bone, thyroid and heart

Why are tracers a good thing?

• They are not invasive like biopsy or surgery

• They make you glow

What can nuclear medicine be used to treat?

• Obesity

• Cancer

• Pain in the neck

True or false, exposure to radioactivity must be kept very low

• True

• False

True or False, Tiny atoms can make a big difference to your health

• True

• False