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Nuclear medicine imaging/Estudios de imagen de medicina nuclear.(PATIENT PAGE)
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Radiologic Technology
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January 1, 2008
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A nuclear medicine procedure is sometimes described as an "inside-out" x-ray because it records radiation emitting from the patient's body rather than radiation that is directed through the patient's body. Nuclear medicine procedures use small amounts of radioactive materials, ...