Radionuclide diagnostics of the thyroid gland: a 100-year history

The history of radionuclide diagnostics began with the first experiments on radioactive isotopes at the beginning of the 20th century. The introduction of radioactive isotopes of iodine and technetium into thyroid diagnostics and treatment was the start of the development of all nuclear medicine and theranostics. The hardware for nuclear medicine has come a long way from simple Geiger-Muller counters to modern machines with molecular imaging capabilities PET and SPECT. Nuclear thyroidology today is an important applied tool for high-tech diagnostics and treatment of thyroid diseases.