Nuclear Medicine Technologists administer trace amounts of radiopharmaceuticals to a patient and use a special scanner to detect gamma rays emitted by the radiopharmaceuticals and create an image of the body part under examination. This study obtains functional information about organs tissues and bone. Nuclear medicine technology is a sophisticated area of health care that helps physicians diagnose and evaluate serious conditionsincluding cancer and heart disease. As a technologist in this field youll create important diagnostic images. Your responsibilities will include preparing and injecting radiopharmaceutical agents into patients then using a scanner or camera to capture images.