nuclear imaging on a human body to detect fractures or cancer
a synthetic ear
the Intelligent Operating Room at Hospital General in Ciudad Real, Spain
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sperm being injected into a human egg during an in vitro fertilization procedure
Professor Warren Chan
Dolly the sheep
a prosthetic hand
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
a Squirrel monkey
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Nuclear Imaging
Nuclear imaging examines "aching bones" for fractures or diseases like leukemia, lymphoma, and other cancers. Patients are injected with a radioactive tracer which enters the bloodstream and passes in a matter of hours into the bones where it can be imaged by a "gamma camera." The resulting images reveal abnormalities in bones which are marked by non-uniform distribution of the tracer.
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