Basic introduction to nuclear medicine technology

Corresponding Author:

Mohd Hymad
Department of Biotechnology
Nizam College Hyderabad, India
E-mail: mdhymad2010@gmail.com

Abstract

Keywords

Imaging ■ Nuclear medicine ■ Radiology

Imaging is a scope of tests used to examine different parts of the body like Chest, Lungs, Reproductive system, etc. Imaging in other words called as radiology/Nuclear medicine. Specialists who spend significant time in imaging are called radiologists. Wide range of imaging like Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ultrasound and X-ray. Each imaging type utilizes an alternate innovation to make a picture. There is an expanding scope of imaging providing health care experts with various choices for demonstrating what exactly is happening inside body.

Major Advantages are as follows:

• Screen for conceivable wellbeing conditions before side effects show up • Analyze the probable reason for existing indications • Screen wellbeing conditions that have been analyzed, or the impacts of treatment for them.

Common types of imaging include:

1. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

2. Nuclear medicine

3. Ultrasound Elastography

4. Tactile imaging

5. Photoacoustic imaging

6. Thermography

7. Echocardiography

8. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy

9. Positron emission tomography

10. Computed Tomography (CT)

11. Mammography (Breast Imaging)

12. Plain radiography / X-ray Studies

13. Traumatic Vascular Injury – Head & Neck

14. Artificial Intelligence Imaging

Clinical/Medical imaging is the method and procedure of making visual portrayals of the inside of a body for clinical examination and clinical mediation, just as visual portrait of certain organs or tissues.

In current generation of medical treatments, Medical imaging has experienced significant progressions. Today, this capacity to accomplish data about the human body has numerous helpful clinical applications. Throughout the years, various kinds of clinical imaging have been developed, each technique has their own dominance and drawbacks.

No kind of imaging is in every case better. Each has distinctive expected points of interest and inconveniences, incorporating introduction to radiation with certain sorts of imaging. Your wellbeing expert ought to examine with you which sort of imaging is generally suitable for you.

Interventional Radiology (IR) refers to a scope of methods which depend on the utilization radiological picture direction (X-beam fluoroscopy, ultrasound, processed tomography [CT] or attractive reverberation imaging [MRI]) to correctly target treatment. Most IR medicines are insignificantly intrusive choices to open and laparoscopic (keyhole) medical procedure. The same number of IR methodology start with going a needle through the skin to the objective it is once in a while called pinhole medical procedure.

MRI doesn't utilize ionizing radiation and is progressively being utilized during pregnancy with no reactions on the unborn youngster detailed. Be that as it may, there are dangers related with the utilization of MRI filtering and it isn't suggested as a first stage analysis.

Diagnostic radiology refers to the field of medication that utilizes non-invasive imaging to analyze a patient. The tests and hardware utilized now and again includes low dosages of radiation to make profoundly pictures of a region

Diagnostic imaging strategies gives a brief anatomical or on the other hand and physiological pictures of the body to ease research, analysis also, treatment of various sicknesses. Wellbeing research facility technologist also, radiographers (enrolled Allied Health Professionals) basically make and deciphers pictures from magnifying instrument, ultrasound, radiograph (for example, CT and PET), MRI e.t.c. Radiologist and different doctors help with diagnosing and rewarding of patients dependent on the translation of the radiographer/technologist.