Topics include basic electronics, collimators, digital cameras, on-line correction systems, and modifications required for tomographic studies. Students learn quality control and troubleshooting. CR Introduces the use of computers in nuclear medicine, emphasizing analysis of static, dynamic, and tomographic images. II 1 CR Provides hands-on experience using gamma camera imaging. Students work with collimators, uniformity, resolution, sensitivity, and image enhancement, as well as dynamic and tomographic techniques.
Students also learn the theory and practice of intravenous injections.
Skills 1 CR Provides hands-on experience in electrocardiography and operation of treadmill machines. Students gain skills in analysis of electrocardiograms, recognition of artifacts and abnormal heart rhythms, quantitative electrocardiography, blood pressure measurement, and pulse oximetry. CR Presents nursing and laboratory procedures relating to nuclear medicine. Topics include patient assessment, oxygen administration, infection control, intravenous drug administration, vasovagal and anaphylactic reactions, basic pharmacology, sedation, medical and legal issues, medical laboratory equipment, and nuclear medicine tests. First in a four-course sequence of supervised clinical instruction in nuclear medicine technology.