i hvae a chemistry project about nuclear medicine. i have to answer these 3 questions:
1. What radiation is emitted when performing Nuclear Medicine?
2. Which isotopes do you use? How do decide which ones to use?
3. What are some major risks when experimenting with nuclear medicine?
Also, if you know, is there any type of Quantitative data i can gather from anything in nuclear medicine?
PLEASE help....if you know ANY of this, plz post an answer.
thanks!!!
2006-12-02 16:38:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Nuclear medicine is a very general topic and one that will not be easily studied. There are numerous areas in nuclear medicine and the information is endless. You should break the project down to a more workable level such as cardiac nuclear medicine, or other area. Meanwhile...
The following web sites will help:
http://www.uic.com.au/nip26.htm
http://www.radiochemistry.org/nuclearmedicine/radioisotopes/01_isotopes.shtml
http://www.ansto.gov.au/info/reports/radboyd.html
http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-medicine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_medicine
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:v7hqwNjmYI4J:interactive.snm.org/index.cfm%3FPageID%3D3106%26RFID%3D10+%22Nuclear+Medicine%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=23&lr=lang_en
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q708.html
http://www.pamf.org/nucmed/scans.html
2006-12-02 17:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by Seikilos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nuclear medicine use gamma rays instead of alpha and beta rays... like the sun, we gain some vitamins from it's rays...ultraviolet rays are filtered by the ozone layer and converted into a less reactant matter... what isotopes you say???...some scientist use uranium as a nuclear matter... it is also the same thing that are used in some nuclear warheads... just e-mail me at ervin_monroy@yahoo.com for more questions... have a nice day!!! ;-)
2006-12-03 00:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by conqueror_crusader 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 gamma
2 i think there's one called technesium (not sure if thats the answer ur looking for, not really sure on this one)
3 use of alpha or beta radiation near the body can cause mutation of cells which can lead to cancers and radiation sickness
2006-12-03 00:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by william k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This website has some great information, that you can learn about, in plain English..good luck>>
http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-medicine.htm
2006-12-03 00:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋