| Themes > Science > Physics > Nuclear Physics > Applications of Nuclear Physics > Medical Diagnosis and Treatment |
Nuclear diagnostic techniques have revolutionized medicine by providing ways to "see" inside the body without surgery. Today, 3500 hospital-based nuclear medicine departments in the U.S. perform 10 million nuclear medicine procedures each year, generating about $1 billion in business and saving countless lives. In many cases, the practitioners are nuclear physicists who cooperate with physicians to develop and apply the techniques. |
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