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Nuclear medicine is a medical field that uses radioactive substances to image the body and treat disease. Also known as radionuclide imaging or nuclear scintigraphy, these radiological techniques are primarily used diagnostically to investigate physiological function and anatomy of the body.
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(2005). Nuclear Medicine. In: Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_8043
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