The Atomic Age, one of history's most important events, took centuries to arrive, as
events in science and international affairs evolved. The Atomic Theory, a cornerstone
of modern science, was proposed by an early Greek thinker, Democritus. He suggested that
everything in the universe was made up of particles so tiny that nothing smaller could
exist.
So… this is the known structure – currently!

Mark Richardson and his colleagues from South Tees Hospital NHS Trusthave kindly agreed to make this poster available in a format which can be used by everyone for patient information purposes. Acknowledgments:

Mark Richardson, Stefanie Ollis & Claire Blood of the The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough.

           What is Nuclear Medicine? Poster

Here is the text only version of the poster:

What is Nuclear Medicine
•Nuclear medicine is a safe and painless technique which provides medical images of the body.
•Nuclear medicine imaging procedures often identify abnormalities very early in the progress of disease, sometimes before problems are apparent with other diagnostic tests.
• Nuclear medicine uses small amounts of radioactive materials as tracers to diagnose or treat disease. In diagnosing a condition, the radiation is detected by a special type of camera called a “Gamma camera”. It provides visual
information about the area of the body being imaged by looking at the pattern of tracer-uptake.
• Radiation doses are kept as low as possible,particularly for scans on children.

            Nuclear Medicine poster    

This poster explains nuclear medicine in simple terms.