What is NMT

3. the amount of radiation exposure from a source decreases exponentially with distance.
4. referring to the state where an abnormality can be detected but the specific cause is not obvious?
11. what is the “SI” unit for radiation that also bears the last name of the scientist that discovered “rays” coming from uranium?
14. a change in which subatomic particle results in a change in the element present?
15. What kind of nuclear medicine study produces images?
18. what kind of imaging can create a movie of the function of the body
19. what does PET stand for?
21. What is the common unit of activity in the united states also named after a famous scientist
22. to lesson the severity of disease, not a cure

1. imaging techniques used in developing a cure that is specific to a patient
2. what does the m in Tc-99m stand for?
5. what is the acronym that is like a nuclear medicine CT scan
6. what type of radiation is good for therapeutic or theranostic applications?
7. An imaging modality that gives physiologic based images.
8. What is used to treat a disease?
9. two atoms that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons?
10. What was the first cancer type treated by NMT?
12. something used to cover radioactive sources which helps to absorb some of the radiation; helps decrease the NMT’s dose from the radiation
13. what is energy in transit?
16. What do we call the radioactive medicines that NMTs inject into patients?
17. what is a type of electromagnetic radiation that is good for imaging?
20. what kind of study in NMT is not a therapy and does not produce images, means within the living body