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Nuclear Medicine involves the use of radiopharmaceuticals
to diagnose and treat diseases. Nuclear Medicine Imaging is unique because
it provides physicians with information about both structure and biological
changes. These studies have several applications in neurology, cardiology,
oncology, etc. The Society of Nuclear Medicine estimates 16 million nuclear
medicine imaging and therapeutic procedures are performed each year in
the US.
Positron-Emission Tomography (PET) is one such imaging modality in nuclear
medicine that has delivered the promise of revealing the presence and
mechanism of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and brain disorders
like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
[images courtesy:
Dr. Jorge Barrio, UCLA]
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The use of a microPET scanner for high resolution images of small lab
animals helps in biomedical research applications modeling diseases.
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