GLOSSARY OF
RADIOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY

U


UNRESTRICTED AREA An area in which access is neither limited nor controlled by the licensee.
UNSTABLE ISOTOPE A radioisotope.
UPTAKE Quantity of material taken up into the extracellular fluids. It is usually expressed as a fraction of the deposition in the organ from which uptake occurs.


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