Physics GCSE
Tracers and imaging of internal organs
What Tracers and imaging of internal organs means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Tracers and imaging of internal organs
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Reference: OCR
A small amount of a gamma-emitting tracer is taken into the body and its radiation passes out through tissue to a detector, so an image shows where the tracer has collected.
Topics that use Tracers and imaging of internal organs
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