Biochemistry · Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Radioisotopes in medicine

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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

Definition