Kangwon National UniversityCollege of Medicine · School of Medicine

Nuclear medicine is a special field that includes the use of radioactive materials for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Planar gamma imaging and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) using radionuclides emitting gamma rays and positron emission tomography (PET) using radionuclides emitting positrons play an important role in non-invasive diagnosis and evaluation of treatment response in various diseases. Radioactive isotopes are also used in blood samples to perform quantitative tests for antigens and antibodies, including various cancer markers, and are used in various ways to diagnose and evaluate diseases.

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In addition, nuclear medicine began to be introduced into medicine as an approach that enables diagnosis and treatment simultaneously (“theragnosis”) in the thyroid disease in the early days. By irradiating only, the target to be treated with radiation while minimizing damage to normal tissues, the range of therapeutic roles is now gradually expanding as targeted therapy, which enables selective treatment, is being introduced.

Currently, the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, and Graduate School of Medicine, mainly promotes and plan various clinical studies based on imaging tests and cooperative research with other interdisciplinary fields.