Nuclear Medicine Technology: Review Questions for the Board Examinations

Description:

This textbook now published in its 6th edition prepares students and technologists for registry examinations in nuclear medicine technology by providing practice questions and answers with detailed explanations, as well as a mock registry exam. The questions are designed to test the basic knowledge required of nuclear medicine technologists, as well as the practical application of that knowledge.  The topics covered closely follow the content specifications and the components of preparedness as published by the certification boards. This new edition now includes new tracers for diagnostic imaging and therapeutic applications as well as other newly approved procedures. Coverage of positron emission tomography and hybrid multimodality imaging in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging has also been expanded.

Table of contents :

Contents
1: Introduction
2: Radioactivity, Radiopharmacy, and Quality Assurance
3: Radiation Safety
4: Instrumentation and Quality Assurance
5: Image Presentation and Computers
6: Skeletal System Scintigraphy
7: Central Nervous System Scintigraphy
8: Cardiovascular System Scintigraphy
9: Respiratory System Scintigraphy
10: Gastrointestinal Tract Scintigraphy
11: Genitourinary System Scintigraphy
12: Oncologic Scintigraphy
13: Infection Scintigraphy
14: Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Salivary Gland Scintigraphy
15: Non-imaging Procedures and Radionuclide Therapy
16: Patient Care
17: Positron-Emission Tomography
18: Multimodality Imaging
19: Appendix 1: Mock Examination
20: Appendix 2: Answers to Chapter 2
21: Appendix 3: Answers to Chapter 3
22: Appendix 4: Answers to Chapter 4
23: Appendix 5: Answers to Chapter 5
24: Appendix 6: Answers to Chapter 6
25: Appendix 7: Answers to Chapter 7
26: Appendix 8: Answers to Chapter 8
27: Appendix 9: Answers to Chapter 9
28: Appendix 10: Answers to Chapter 10
29: Appendix 11: Answers to Chapter 11
30: Appendix 12: Answers to Chapter 12
31: Appendix 13: Answers to Chapter 13
32: Appendix 14: Answers to Chapter 14
33: Appendix 15: Answers to Chapter 15
34: Appendix 16: Answers to Chapter 16
35: Appendix 17: Answers to Chapter 17
36: Appendix 18: Answers to Chapter 18
37: Appendix 19: Mock Examination Answers