General Information:
Molecular Nuclear Medicine is the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials and various molecules labeled with these to diagnose and treat a wide variety of diseases.
Nuclear Medicine is currently defined as a medical specialty which studies the molecular basis of disease. The information (images, etc.) Obtained by this specialty are maps metabolic function of the body.
Thanks to recent advances in molecular medicine, chemistry, engineering, information technology., Molecular Nuclear Medicine is now a very important place in clinical practice.
diagnostic procedures require the administration of minute quantities of radiopharmaceuticals or radiomoléculas and stress because they are considered virtually non-invasive procedures do not cause allergic reactions or providing information primarily functional (physiological and biochemical) on the condition or disease patient. The amount of radiation absorbed by patients undergoing diagnostic evaluation is less than or similar to conventional radiologic received. With 2
tomography SPECT equipment that we put at your fingertips can make all the functional assessments of molecular nuclear medicine (dynamic, whole body, three-dimensional tomography, synchronized to the electrocardiographic signal, etc.) Necessary for the diagnosis of disease. Both teams work through mechanisms that allow these detectors (called gamma cameras) perform special moves to obtain several images depicting the distribution of radiomolécula administered to the patient within his body, which involves fixed or purified in various ways depending on the patient's illness and the pharmacokinetics of each radiomolécula own.
may acquire as many images as needed from anywhere in the body without exposing patients to higher doses of radiation received in the conventional imaging studies.
Once acquired, images are reconstructed using powerful computers specially designed for this purpose. The processed data can be used to generate all kinds of information (bends, CT scans, numerical values, etc.) That is interpreted based on specific data, but not limited to, the current condition, generating clinically relevant information in the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and monitoring of the patient.
The information generated in the manner described is stored on optical and magnetic media and is available at any future time for comparison with new data relevant to understanding the evolution of disease or response to treatment.
Molecular Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Decision
Technological developments impose increased demands on physicians and we should be familiar with them to use them properly for the benefit of our patients.
Each imaging modality provides different information that is often complementary, but others redundant, undermining the economy of the patient.
is why it is of great importance to the mode of onset dignóstica sensitive and / or specific (depending on each case) in order to confirm or rule out disease. In the first case would proceed to analysis or specific studies to guide on the status, location, severity or extent of disease and the second, in most cases, there is no reason to pursue further testing or unnecessary studies .
The clinical value of Molecular Nuclear Medicine is its high diagnostic sensitivity and its high contrast resolution that can quickly identify injuries, even if they are not detectable by radiological modalities such as CT or MRI.
Of the various existing diagnostic modalities, the scans are those that provide functional information, metabolic, physiological chemistry. quantitatively and qualitatively more accurate than has been demonstrated repeatedly for several decades to be very useful in the evaluation of many diseases. Currently there are nearly 100 nuclear medicine procedures other than molecular.
estimated only in the U.S. of A. Hospitals are between 10 and 12 million per year and scintigraphic assessments with them, are decreased in billions of dollars of expenses that the health system in this country goes to population.
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