What are the Medical Applications of Isotopes ?
Isotopes are an essential part of radiopharmaceuticals, which are used to detect (diagnosis) and treat (therapy) thyroditis, brain tumours, cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Radionuclides, another word for isotopes used in medicine, facilitate imaging. Nuclear physicians use them to diagnose the disease and the stage it is in by injecting the patient with a small amount of radioactive fluid. A SPECT or PET scanner detects the radiation that is left behind in the patient’s tissue and creates an image that allows the nuclear physician to see how an organ, such as the heart, the liver, or the brain, is functioning or whether there are active cancer cells.
External radiation therapy (teletherapy) is one way of using radioisotopes.
How to Calculate Volume of Blood in Patient using Isotope Labelling?
Volume of Blood in Patient using Isotope Labelling calculator uses Amount of Blood in Patient = Amount of Labelled Blood*(Specific Activity of Labelled Blood/Specific Activity of Homogenized Blood) to calculate the Amount of Blood in Patient, The Volume of Blood in Patient using Isotope Labelling formula is defined as a technique in which a trace amount of radioactive isotope such as Na-24 with solution of NaCl, is introduced in order to determine the total quantity of blood present in a human body. Amount of Blood in Patient is denoted by xo symbol.
How to calculate Volume of Blood in Patient using Isotope Labelling using this online calculator? To use this online calculator for Volume of Blood in Patient using Isotope Labelling, enter Amount of Labelled Blood (x1), Specific Activity of Labelled Blood (si) & Specific Activity of Homogenized Blood (sf) and hit the calculate button. Here is how the Volume of Blood in Patient using Isotope Labelling calculation can be explained with given input values -> 4.8E+9 = 1.01E-06*(1200000000/250000).