What are some isotopes used in Cancer treatment and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and how is the isotope used to achieve its function?

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Parker Martinez

Chemistry

2 December, 18:19

What are some isotopes used in Cancer treatment and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and how is the isotope used to achieve its function?

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Rachael · Answer 1

One major use of radioisotopes is in nuclear medicine. Of the 30 million people who are hospitalized each year in the United States, 1/3 are treated with nuclear medicine. More than 10 million nuclear-medicine procedures are performed on patients and more than 100 million nuclear-medicine tests are performed each year in the United States alone. A comparable number of such procedures are performed in the rest of the world.