Dibya Prakash

2014

A Guide for Healthcare Professionals and Patients

Nuclear medicine (NM) procedures involve administration of radioactive material into human body, which mimics certain physiological mechanism of the body. Few interfering medications and diet may alter uptake of radiopharmaceuticals by target organ, and can lead to misinterpretation of images. Though optimum level of radioactivity is used in Nuclear medicine, knowledge of subject will help significantly reduce radiation doses to other organs. Many apprehensions and doubts arise in the minds of patients during procedures, such as the amount of radiation dose received in a procedure, do Nuclear medicine scans have some side effects, what are radiation effects and risk estimates in Nuclear medicine scans etc. Therefore, proper education of patients becomes pertinent before any procedure. This book will address all the issues mentioned above and provide a broad idea about particular investigation, therapy or palliation to patients.