Main 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.

Contents:

1 Introduction2 Radioactivity, Radiopharmacy, and Quality Assurance3 Radiation Safety4 Instrumentation and Quality Assurance5 Image Presentation and Computers6 Skeletal System Scintigraphy7 Central Nervous System Scintigraphy8 Cardiovascular System Scintigraphy9 Respiratory System Scintigraphy 10 Gastrointestinal Tract Scintigraphy11 Genitourinary System Scintigraphy12 Oncologic Scintigraphy13 Infection Scintigraphy14 Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Salivary Gland Scintigraphy 15 Non-imaging Procedures and Radionuclide Therapy16 Patient Care17 Positron Emission Tomography18 Multimodality Imaging