Radioactive Instillation

A radioactive form of glucose (sugar) often used during a positive emission tomography (PET) scan, a type of imaging test. In PET,…

Airborne radioactive particles that fall to the ground during and after an atomic bombing, nuclear weapons test, or nuclear plant accident. …

Elements which exhibit atomic emission due to natural or artificial nuclear transformation. These elements spontaneously undergo radioactive decay.

A drug that contains a radioactive substance and is used to diagnose or treat disease, including cancer. Also called radiopharmaceutical.

Parameter used to quantify radioactivity and represents radioactive source transformations, i.e. disintegrations or emissions, per unit time.

Giving off radiation.