Radionuclide Imaging
The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph.
Term info
curator note
"Scintigraphy" was removed from below this class as it is in fact an exact synonym.
database cross reference
D011877
definition source
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011877
hasExactSynonym
Scintigraphy, Imaging by Radionuclide