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Concept information

Preferred term

scintigraphy

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • nuclear scintigraphy
  • radioisotope imagery
  • radioisotope imaging
  • radioisotope scanning
  • radionuclide imagery
  • radionuclide imaging
  • radionuclide scanning
  • scintigrams
  • scintigraphs

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/148538

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