Quick Orientation
Section
Definition
- Objective
- Understand the core idea
- Keywords
- Isotopes, stable, radioactive
Stable and Radioactive Isotopes
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- Stable isotopes, Radioactive isotopes
Units of Radioactivity and Half-life
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- Curie (Ci), Half-life, Millicurie (mCi)
Measurement of Radioactivity
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- Geiger counters, liquid scintillation counters, autoradiography
Applications of Radioisotopes in Biochemistry
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- tracers
Clinical Correlation
- Objective
- Connect the mechanism to clinical findings
- Keywords
- Organ scanning, Cancer treatment, 131I hippuran