NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS | 2026/2027 LATEST
UPDATE | ALREADY GRADED A+
Nuclear Medicine demonstrates: -
ANSWER
function
Nuclear Medicine is under the radiology umbrella because: -
ANSWER
radiation is used
Types of radiation used for conventional radiography -
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Alpha, Beta, Particulate, Ionizing
Types of radiation used for nuclear medicine -
ANSWER
Gamma Rays, Nonparticulate
Source of radiation for conventional radiography -
ANSWER
x-ray tube
Source of radiation for nuclear medicine -
ANSWER
patient
Equipment used for conventional radiography -
ANSWER
x-ray tube and image receptor
, Equipment used for nuclear medicine -
ANSWER
gamma camera and computer
Conventional radiography images show: -
ANSWER
anatomical area
Nuclear medicine images show: -
ANSWER
area that picked up radionuclides, hot and cold areas
Year Bequerel discovered radioactivity -
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1896
Becquerel discovered: -
ANSWER
naturally occuring radioactive substances
Year of Curies discovery -
ANSWER
1898
Curie discovered: -
ANSWER
polonium and radium, radioactive and radioactivity
1923 -
ANSWER
Georg de Hevesy developed the tracer principle
VERIFIED QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS | 2026/2027 LATEST
UPDATE | ALREADY GRADED A+
Nuclear Medicine demonstrates: -
ANSWER
function
Nuclear Medicine is under the radiology umbrella because: -
ANSWER
radiation is used
Types of radiation used for conventional radiography -
ANSWER
Alpha, Beta, Particulate, Ionizing
Types of radiation used for nuclear medicine -
ANSWER
Gamma Rays, Nonparticulate
Source of radiation for conventional radiography -
ANSWER
x-ray tube
Source of radiation for nuclear medicine -
ANSWER
patient
Equipment used for conventional radiography -
ANSWER
x-ray tube and image receptor
, Equipment used for nuclear medicine -
ANSWER
gamma camera and computer
Conventional radiography images show: -
ANSWER
anatomical area
Nuclear medicine images show: -
ANSWER
area that picked up radionuclides, hot and cold areas
Year Bequerel discovered radioactivity -
ANSWER
1896
Becquerel discovered: -
ANSWER
naturally occuring radioactive substances
Year of Curies discovery -
ANSWER
1898
Curie discovered: -
ANSWER
polonium and radium, radioactive and radioactivity
1923 -
ANSWER
Georg de Hevesy developed the tracer principle
