Sentences with phrase «radioisotope techniques»

Raichle first used radioisotope techniques to study the human brain during his neurology residency at New York Hospital — Cornell Medical Center.

The first was a nuclear medicine radioisotope technique called beta - methyl - p - iodophenyl - pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) scintigraphy1 which measures fatty acid uptake by the heart.

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The government is evaluating experimental techniques for cleansing the water of a key radioisotope, tritium.

That meant they could be dated by measuring radioisotopes using new techniques mastered by Brumm's colleague at Griffith, Maxime Aubert.

In an attempt to do this, the researchers used a technique known as radioimmunotherapy in which radioisotopes (unstable elements that release radiation) mounted on antibodies (protein molecules akin to infection search - and - destroy missiles) are injected into the body.

Joanna Fowler has made significant contributions to brain research and the understanding of diseases such as addiction, which she studies using positron emission tomography (PET), an imaging technique that measures the concentration and movement of a positron - emitting radioisotope in living tissue.

Her work in the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center focuses on advanced radioisotope production techniques and finding new methods to make them cheaper and faster.