The amount of the radiopharmaceutical given to a patient is just sufficient to obtain the required information before its decay.True or False???

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aaronq · Answer

what information?

anonymous · Answer

Im not sure my teacher gave this as homework... @aaronq

anonymous · Answer

I dont understand it either ha

aaronq · Answer

hm it's kinda vague. It seems like there would be an antecedent of the statement..

anonymous · Answer

Yeah.. if you had to guess what would be the best answer? @aaronq

aaronq · Answer

lol my guess is just as good as yours, i would say false.

jfraser · Answer

my guess is "in ANY radiological test" should come before the rest of the question to make it more useful. Too little, and the sample decays before the diagnosis is made; too much, and the radioisotope is present in the body too long, leading to potential harm. I'd guess true.