The Nuclear Medicine Center at the Veterans General Hospital is the first such unit established in the Republic of China. There are sophisticated as well as basic nuclear facilities, including a scintillation camera with its data processing accessories. The founding of this Center has brought the medicine to a new horizon of "Nuclear Medicine."
核子醫學為醫學的新興學門，榮總核醫部的設立，在我國當屬創舉，而且擁有現代化的基本核子醫學設備，包括閃爍掃描器與閃爍攝影機，為中華民國醫學帶入「核子醫學」的領域。