Radioactive isotopes by Kristen Hartwick https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um en-us 2016-09-16 14:47:56 UTC 2025-11-21 14:43:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369200 Cobalt-60 is used for radiation therapy to prevent cancer. ]]> 2016-09-16 14:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369200 Theres https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369347 http://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/treating/radiotherapy/internal-radiotherapy-explained/radioisotopes.html

Radioisotopes are used to kill cancer cells.]]> 2016-09-16 14:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369347 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369365 2016-09-16 14:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369365 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369429 2016-09-16 14:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369429 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369443 2016-09-16 14:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369443 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369480 2016-09-16 14:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369480 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369544 some radioactive isotopes used in medicine are isotope iodine-123, fluorine-18, gallium-67, krypton-81, rubidium-82, nitrogen-13, technetium-99m\, indium-111, iodine-123, xenon-133, and thallium-201.]]> 2016-09-16 14:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369544 Technetium-99m  goes to specific disease sites in the body or concentrates in organs such as the heart. https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369739 https://isotopes.gov/outreach/med_isotopes.html

]]> 2016-09-16 14:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369739 Sterilization of medical equipment is also an important use of radioisotopes. https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369918 http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/radioisotopes-research/radioisotopes-in-medicine.aspx]]> 2016-09-16 14:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369918 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369926 2016-09-16 14:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369926 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369957 2016-09-16 14:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124369957 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370071
Sterilisation of medical equipment is an important use of radioisotopes.

]]> 2016-09-16 14:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370071 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370081 2016-09-16 14:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370081 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370107 isotopes like cobalt 60 are commonly used to treat cancer 
]]> 2016-09-16 14:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370107 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370176 Nuclear medicine was developed in the 1950's by physicians with an endocrine emphasis, initially using iodine-131 to diagnose and then treat thyroid disease. In recent years specialists have also come from radiology, as dual CT/PET procedures have become established, increasing the role of accelerators in radioisotope production.]]> 2016-09-16 14:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370176 Damon https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370272 Radioactive elements are used as traces to find diseases.]]> 2016-09-16 14:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370272 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370297 2016-09-16 14:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370297 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370396 Sodium-24:
utlized as tracers to study blood circulation]]> 2016-09-16 14:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370396 The radioisotope most widely used in medicine is technetium-99m, employed in some 80% of all nuclear medicine procedures. It emits detectable gamma rays https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370401 2016-09-16 14:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370401 https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370415 2016-09-16 14:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kristen_hartwick/ql4l57jiz8um/wish/124370415