Nuclear Medicine Technologist – Job Duties and Educational Requirements
The word radiation conjures up fear in a lot of people but it is actually a very important part of our health care system. When used by a skilled nuclear medicine technologist radioactive materials known as radiopharmaceuticals can be used to create images of internal organs that are used to help locate and diagnose various ailments. To actually be able to see the organs inside someone’s body a patient must first take in these radiopharmaceuticals either orally, intravenously or by inhaling them. The radiopharmaceuticals will then concentrate on a specific organ in your body and then the nuclear medicine technologist [...]
