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- noun Plural form of
radiotracer .
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Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses a small amount of what we call radiotracers, or radiopharmaceuticals, to diagnose disease and to treat disease, including many types of cancers, heart disease and certain other abnormalities within the body.
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A nuclear medicine examination relies on specific radioactive isotopes or radiotracers designed to detect specific suspected pathology.
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A nuclear medicine examination relies on specific radioactive isotopes or radiotracers designed to detect specific ...
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A nuclear medicine examination relies on specific radioactive isotopes or radiotracers designed to detect specific ...
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These radiotracers, which are injected into the body to light up areas of disease, have short half lives, which means it's difficult for scientists in Arizona to buy them from companies elsewhere because of the long travel distances, said Dr. Eric Reiman, executive director of Banner Alzheimer's Institute and the project's lead investigator.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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The PET scans use either radiopharmaceuticals or radiotracers to get images within the body.
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These findings suggest that: "Monitoring of the effects of anti-amyloid β drugs on amyloid-β deposition might be possible with radiotracers that bind to amyloid β in patients with Alzheimer's disease or those at risk before the onset of clinical decline", say the authors.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Ottawa, June 24, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) - MDS Nordion, a leading provider of products and services to the global health science market, Guerbet, a pharmaceutical group specialized in medical imaging, and Cyceron, a biomedical imaging centre in France, announced today they have entered into an agreement to develop new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radiotracers for cancer diagnostics.
Presseportal 2010
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Using positron emission tomography (PET) scans and radiotracers that can visualise the function of brain chemicals in living humans, the researchers found that the transplants had replaced some of the dopamine-producing brain cells that decay during Parkinson's disease.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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In Arizona, the money will be used to renovate and expand 18,000 square feet of research space to make room for two positron emission tomography imaging suites, a new magnetic resonance imaging suite, a computational image-analysis laboratory and pay for equipment needed to produce a range of PET radiotracers for researchers throughout the state.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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