The supervised use of radionuclides in vitro and in vivo in patients for diagnostic purposes. 1-3 Application of Radionuclides to Medicine Review of radionuclides and the compounds into which they are formed that are useful in medical research, diagnosis and therapy. Gamma Camera uniformity, relative sensitivity and spatial linearity and resolution testing. The use of flood field and bar phantoms on in vivo imaging detectors in the nuclear medicine imaging laboratory. The fundamental skills of patient care, radiopharmaceutical preparation and administration.
Emphasis is also on computer processing techniques used in coordination with imaging procedures.
1-3 Clinical Radiation Biology Cellular and organ responses to radiation sources and radionuclides employed in nuclear medicine. This course consists of lectures and laboratory sessions relating to the gamma camera from a physics point of view. It will convey to the student the principles of gamma camera operation, methods of measuring and maintaining camera performance, and the theory and practice of acquiring tomographic studies. The chemical, physical and biological properties of the radionuclides used in diagnosis and therapy. A study of the radiopharmacology and the chemistry of radionuclides used in the clinical laboratory.