How safe is nuclear imaging?

21 Jun 2020 | Lianhe Zaobao

21 June 2020 - A reader submitted a query in the Q&A column on the different types of scans like CT, MRI or PET, including how nuclear medical imaging is done. The CGH radiographers explained how nuclear medicine helps with the diagnosis and determine severity of some medical conditions without the need for surgery or invasive diagnostic tests. Patients undergo nuclear medicine imagine when it is clinically necessary. (Reproduced from CARING 4/2019)

SOURCE: LIANHE ZAOBAO, SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED, REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION

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