Nuclear Medicine Asynchronous Assignment
Complete the following questions
1. Define the nuclear medicine modality and related terminology.
2. List the basic nuclear imaging equipment.
3. Discuss clinical applications of nuclear medicine.
4. Identify who comprises the nuclear medicine team.
5. Define the following terms:
Alpha particle
Attenuation
Becquerel (Bq)
Biologic half-life
Curie (Ci)
Cyclotron
Decay
Disintegration (nuclear)
Dose: Amount of radiopharmaceutical given to a patient.
Fusion imaging
Gamma rays
Half-life
In vitro
In vivo
Isotope: Nuclides of the same element that have different atomic mass (neutrons) but the same atomic number (protons).
Microcurie (μCi)
Millicurie (mCi)
Pharmaceutical
Radioactivity
Radionuclide
Radiopharmaceutical
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
Technetium 99m (Tc 99m)