Equipment
The machinery that is used in nuclear medicine
What is Gamma Camera?
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Exam that evaluates efficiency of blood and oxygen reaching the heart muscles
What is Heart Stress Test
Which is used for both diagnostic imaging & treatment, a radiotracer or a radiopharmaceutical?
What is a radiopharmaceutical?
What is the best way to protect yourself from radiation in Nuclear Medicine?
What is time, distance, and shielding?
What are the two types of scans that a gamma camera can do?
What is PET & SPECT scans?
Common diet for the FDG exam
What is Keto (Low Carb Diet)
Exam that evaluates prostate cancer
What is PSMA (Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen) PET Scan
Carrier molecule that is bonded to a radioactive atom
What are radiotracers?
T/F: Does the patient become radioactive once injected with radiotracers?
True
Crystal layer inside the gamma camera that absorbs light
What is a scintillator?
Contraindication that would cause blurry/distorted images
What is Anxiety/Inability to remain still
Exam that tracks radioactive sugar for metabolism
What is FDG (Fludeoxyglucose) PET Scan
Common radiotracer
What is technetium-99m?
When injecting the patient with radiotracers, what shielding device should be used?
What is tungsten syringe shield?
What is quadrant bar phantom test?
Nuclear Medicine Radioactivity radiates from
What is the patient/rad material
Exam that evaluates speed at which food leaves the stomach
What is Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy
T/F: Radiotracers can be combined with other elements?
True, they're combined in various ways depending on which organ is being examined.
What is a low carb diet?
What is the standard range of photomultiplier tubes within a gamma camera?
What is 30-100 PMT's?
Hybrid Nuclear Medicine imaging device
What is PET and CT
Exam that evaluates Parkinson's disease/other mobility disorders
What is DAT (Dopamine Transporter) Scan
Which radiopharmaceutical treats bone tumors affected by prostate cancer?
What is radium-223?
After having radioactive iodine treatment, how long should the patient follow their low iodine diet?
What is 7-14 days?