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UPDATED 2024 NUCLEAR MEDICINEEXAM WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
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EXAM WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
SPECT produces images similarly to what modalities using thin slices through an organ. - CORRECT
ANSWERSCT and MRI
What plans are SPECT reconstructed? - CORRECT ANSWERSTransaxial, sagittal, coronal, planar, three
dimensional.
SPECT studies include? - CORRECT ANSWERSCardiac perfusion, brain, liver, and bone studies.
SPECT and CT are used well together why? - CORRECT ANSWERSIt combines function with anatomic
landmarks
In vivo - CORRECT ANSWERSWithin the living body
What is nuclear medicine? - CORRECT ANSWERSSpeciality that focuses on the use of radioactive
materials called radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis, therapy, and medical research.
How does nuclear medicine tests determine the cause of the medical problem? - CORRECT ANSWERSBy
testing the function/physiology of the organ/tissue.
How is radioactive material/tracers introduced into the body? - CORRECT ANSWERSInjected, swallowed,
inhaled.
How are tracers selected? - CORRECT ANSWERSBy their ability to localize in specific organs/tissues.
What do radioactive tracers produce? - CORRECT ANSWERSGamma ray emissions from the organ being
studied.
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