a. Technetium-99m emits only gamma radiation. Why would this type of radiation be used

Chapter 0, Problem 5.36

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a. Technetium-99m emits only gamma radiation. Why would this type of radiation be used in diagnostic imaging rather than an isotope that also emits beta or alpha radiation? b. A person with polycythemia vera 1excess production of red blood cells2 receives radioactive phosphorus-32. Why would this treatment reduce the production of red blood cells in the bone marrow of the patient?

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