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In medicine, which radioactive procedures are used as diagnostic tests?
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Nuclear radiology: There several procedures to use this technology, such as nuclear scans of the heart, kidneys, brain, thyroid, bones, etc. Also, several laboratory tests are done by radioimmunoassay (RIA) in order to measure specific agents in serum, such as Hepatitis C and other antigens, and various hormones.
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