Nuclear Medicine Glossary

This glossary is to learn about various words used in nuclear medicine technology. There will be the word, the definition, an example, the French traduction and a picture.

administer

verb

To put into execution; dispense

Example: I have to administer you a radiopharmaceutical.

fr: administrer

ankle

noun

The joint connecting the foot and the leg.

Example: The blood flow of the ankle is low.

fr: cheville

bed

noun

A piece of furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress and coverings.

Example: We have to transfer the patient from his bed to the exam table.

fr: lit

bladder

noun

A membranous sac in humans and other animals, in which urine is collected for excretion.

Example: The patient has to empty his bladder before the exam.

fr: vessie

cancer

noun

a malignant growth or tumor resulting from the division of abnormal cells.

Example: We are here to see if your cancer has metastasized.

fr: cancer

CT-scan

noun

A series of X-ray images taken from different angles around your body.

fr: Tomodensitométrie

electrode

noun

A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.

Example: We put 10 electrodes on our patients to see the electricity of their hearts.

fr: électrode

gamma camera

noun

A camera that detects the radiation from a radioactive tracer injected into the body and is used especially in medical diagnostic scanning.

Example: A gamma camera is used in the nuclear medicine department.

fr: Caméra à scintillation

Hyperthyroidism

noun

It is when the thyroid gland makes more thyroid hormones than your body needs.

Example: Hyperthyroidism can cause palpitations, however, this cause would have been already identified in earlier admissions if this was the cause.

fr: Hyperthyroïdie

kidney

noun

Each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, excreting urine.

Example: Some people have two kidneys, but only one is working.

fr: rein

lymphoma

noun

Lymphoma is a cancer that starts in cells that are part of the body's immune system.

Example: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a type of cancer that begins in your lymphatic system, which is part of the body's germ-fighting immune system.

fr: Lymphome

radioactive

adjective

emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles.

Example: This procedure involves injecting a low-level radioactive tracer containing technetium-99 and a blue dye into the tissue surrounding the mass prior to surgery, thereby allowing the surgeons to identify the sentinel node i.e. the node most likely to contain metastatic cells.

fr: radioactif

vein

noun

Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.

Example: We inject a radiopharmaceutical through a vein of the arm.

fr: veine

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