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Kiana Stout
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9 November, 06:18
State one medical use of radioactive isotopes
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Lilliana Griffin
9 November, 06:48
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Radioactive isotopes are widely used in medical field
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Radioactive isotopes are widely used in medical field.
Radiations emitted by radioactive isotopes or used to kill the microorganism in food and to increase the shelf life of food.
Cobalt-60 is used to treat the cancer.
Iodine-131 is used to check the activity of thyroid.
Technetium-99 also used for the thyroid.
Phosphorus-32 is used to detect the cancer specially in skin and eyes.
Xenon-133 is used for lungs imaging.
Au-198 is used to diagnose the liver disease.
Co-60 is used as gamma ray irradiation of tumor.
In industry radioactive isotopes are used to measure the thickness of materials.
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