Far more of the 125,000 atom-bomb casualties at Hiroshima and Nagasaki than were first reported came from the explosion’s X-ray-like radiations. This fact, which medicine has long suspected, was ...

Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, like SPECT scans, to watch the heart pump, track blood flow and detect diseases hidden deep inside the body. But today's scanners depend on expensive ...

Gamma irradiation technology was established in the 1950’s and has developed to become the most commonly used irradiation sterilization technology. Today approximately 300 irradiation facilities ...

Since the donation of a SPECT camera by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a busy hospital in Brazil’s city of Niteroi has doubled its capacity to perform heart scans, expanding access to ...

Gamma-rays are the highest energy (the shortest wavelength) type of electromagnetic radiation. They are classified as a type of an ionising radiation; with respect to alpha and beta particles they ...