I'm doing a persuasive essay; pro nuclear medicine. is there any solid facts you can give me about nuclear medicine that will look great in my essay?

Radiation exposure: Patients are not warned prior to ct scans as to carcinogenic potential. Otherwise for certain procedures it is valid.

Short answer: Nuclear medicine involves internal radiation that can determine function of many organs of body. Most other imaging modalities are anatomic and not functional. Certain answers can only arise from nuclear medicine such as gall bladder, myocardial , and thyroid functions. Following tumor response to therapy is best done with positron emission computed tomography using f18 FDG goes to active tumors.

Absolutely: You can find some of the sucessful clinical applications of nuclear medicine on this article follow this link: http://www.Intechopen.Com/books/medical-imaging-in-clinical-practice/clinical-applications-of-nuclear-medicine.

Absolutely: Nuclear medicine examinations can definitively make and rule out diagnoses in nearly every organ system and many times with less radiation to the patient than other radiologic tests. It can answer many questions: is the gallbladder the cause of abdominal pain, has there been spread of cancer, is a patient bleeding, at risk of a heart attack, have thyroid disease, a stress fracture, ; many more.