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hours | Gamma | Bone scans, cardiac imaging | | Fluorine-18 | 110 minutes | Positron | PET scans, oncology | | Iodine-131 | 8 days | Beta + Gamma | Thyroid therapy and imaging | Detection Systems Gamma Camera: Used in planar scintigraphy; detects gamma rays emitted by radiotracers. Posit