What is Nuclear Medicine Technology?
Nuclear medicine differs from other diagnostic imaging technologies because it determines the presence of disease on the basis of metabolic changes rather than changes in organ structure.
Nuclear medicine technologists operate equipment that detects and maps a radioactive drug within a patient’s body to create diagnostic images.
The images are then produced on a computer screen or on film for diagnosis by the health care team.
By administering these radiopharmaceuticals to patients they can monitor the characteristics and functions of tissues or organs in which the drugs localize.
