(ANSTO) Australia - Radioisotopes
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10.Mar.2015
John Shanahan
Radioisotopes are playing an increasingly important part in Australian life. They are widely used in medicine, industry and scientific research, and new applications for their use are constantly being developed. In many cases, radioisotopes have no substitute and in most of their applications they are more effective and cheaper than alternative techniques or processes.
Tagged under:
- ANSTO
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- radioisotopes
- medical isotopes
- nuclear imaging
- PET
- PET/CT
- positron emission tomography
- single photon emission computed tomography
- SPECT/CT
- CAT
- Computerised Axial Tomography
- diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
- therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals
- brachytherapy
- Technetium 99m
- research reactors
- cyclotron
- industrial radioisotopes
- gamma radiography
- gauging
- smoke detector
- mineral analysis
