Ruby Bell

Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, RVC, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Herts, AL9 7TA

Setting up and running the radioactive iodine unit

Radioactive iodine (I-131) treatment is a form of nuclear medicine. I-131 is a high-energy radioisotope of iodine and begins in an unstable form. Its primary uptake is by the thyroid gland where...