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Nuclear Medicine imaging is different from all other types of medical imaging. Nuclear Medicine shows the function of individual organs in the human body. Each organ has a unique food supply taken from the blood. With the aid of science, these food supplies have been synthetically reproduced and labeled with a weak radioactive signal. As the liquid propels through the blood and distributes to the individual organ, physicians are able to determine the bloodflow- or perfusion- of the cells in that organ. With the information gathered from a perfusion scan a correlative exam of the anatomy may be beneficial as well. The anatomy of the same organ can be demonstrated with ultrasound, X-ray, CT, MRI, angiography, etc. Having both the anatomy and function images available, as well as laboratory results from bloodwork, a physician is able now to determine a person's diagnosis with far more accuracy than ever. Nuclear Medicine images require an injection into a vein, swallowing of a capsule or inhaling of small quantities of gas to perfuse the organ in question. The state-of-the-art detectors in the Nuclear Medicine cameras are able to detect very weak radioactive signals and convert these into images which resemble the organ in question.
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