The radioisotopes used for diagnosis in nuclear medicine
A
have short half-lives
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B
travel rapidly through tissue
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C
are usually gamma emitters
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D
all of these
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Solution
A radioisotope used for diagnosis must emit gamma rays of sufficient energy to escape from the body and it must have a half-life short enough for it to decay away soon after imaging is completed.