Nuclear Medicine Questions and Answers
Nuclear Medicine
Studies physiology or function
Radiopharmaceutical is administered
-pharmaceutical
-radionuclide
Yields quantitative and qualitative data
Hot, warm, cold spots
Routes of administration vary with the study.
e.g. IV, oral, IM, i...
Nuclear Medicine Questions and
Answers
emits measurable wave - answer radionuclide
Kidney
Heart
Lungs
Gallbladder
Bones
Cancer
Bowel
Infection
Thyroid
Brain
Lymph node - answer Nuclear imaging is most useful for?
dynamic imaging
ustatic imaging
whole-body imaging
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) - answer What methods are
used in imagining?
single photon emission computed tomography - answer SPECT
Dynamic imaging - answer serial display of multiple frames of date "Active" (blood
flow)
Static imaging - answer planar imaging
camera captures one image at a time
gives 2d image
whole-body imaging - answer anterior and posterior sweeps of patients body
2d imaging
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) - answer provides 3d data
increases specificity and sensitivity
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