CT Week 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Nuclear medicine
A
The administration if a radioactive tracer by injection, inhalation or ingestion to image the physiolpgical functioning of organs
2
Q
How are radiopharmaceuticals injected most commonly
A
Intravenously
3
Q
T/f in nuclear medicine the patient is the main source of radiation
A
True
4
Q
Dose- general public from background radiation
A
3mSv
5
Q
General radiography effective dose range
A
0.1-10 mSv
6
Q
Nucmed effective dose range
A
0.3-20 mSv
7
Q
CT effective dose range
A
2-20mSv
8
Q
PET imaging uses
A
Gamma annihilation photons fro, positron decay
9
Q
Resolution of nucmed studies
A
7-15mm (poor compared to ct and mri)
10
Q
Hybrid ct is used in nucmed for
A
Attenuation correction
Anatomic localization
