Radiology and Oncology

Radiopharmaceuticals

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Radiopharmaceuticals or medical radio compounds are groups of pharmaceutical drugs which have radioactivity, intended for diagnosis, therapeutically purposes. Radioisotopes emitting penetrating gamma rays are used for imaging where the radiation has to escape the body before being detected by a specific device (PET cameras/SPECT).Common isotopes for imaging are 99mTc,I 131,TI201,ln 111 etc.