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This is a specialized area of radiology that uses radioactive materials or radiopharmaceuticals to treat abnormalities very early in progression of disease.

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Nuclear medicine

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This is used to examine a body organ’s function and structure

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Radionuclide

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TRUE OR FALSE:

Nuclear medicine is used to study and treat disease

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TRUE

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Treatment using nuclear medicine is applied in _____________

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thyroid diseases

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TRUE OR FALSE:

Nuclear medicine is harmful

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FALSE

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The common complication of radiation exposure is ______________

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hair loss

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What are the differences of radiology and nuclear medicine?

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RADIOLOGY

  • anatomy or structure
  • radiation source is from OUTSIDE the body

NUCLEAR MEDICINE

  • physiology and function
  • radiation source goes INSIDE the body
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These are members of medical imaging diagnostic field. They prepare and administer the radionuclide and perform the imaging procedure.

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Nuclear medicine/medical technologist

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Radiation is described as any process in which __________ travels through a _______________ to be absorbed by ______________

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energy

vacuum or medium

another body

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Radiowaves, microwaves, cellphones are examples of _____________

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Non-ionizing radiation

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UV waves, gamma rays, xrays are examples of ______________

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ionizing radiation

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TRUE OR FALSE:

Radiation can either be man made or naturally occuring

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TRUE

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What are the differences of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation?

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IONIZING:
- high frequency
- can be harmful
- naturally occurring or artificial
disrupt DNA strands/ cellular division
- used for medical purposes
- consist of subatomic particles or electromagnetic rays  (alpha, beta, neutrons, gamma rays)

NON-IONIZING:

  • low frequency
  • do not disrupt DNA
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Which subatomic particle of ionizing radiation cannot penetrate the skin?

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Alpha particles

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Alpha particles are stopped by _________________.

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a sheet of paper or outer layer of skin. It is therapeutic

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Examples of alpha particles are __________________

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Am241
Ra226
Th228

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What are the features of beta particles?

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  • can penetrate skin
  • stopped by a layer of clothing or few millimeters of substance
  • resp for therapeutics of nuclear medicine
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18
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Examples of beta particles are ___________________

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H3
C14
Pu239

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What are the characteristics of gamma rays?

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  • highly penetrating
  • used with shield
  • used for diagnostic procedure
  • stopped by several feet of concrete or few inches of lead
  • used for imaging purposes
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Examples of gamma rays are _______________

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Cs137
Co60
Ir192

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What are the radiotracers used as a tag?

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Tc-99m PO4 (Technetium Pertechnetate)

Tc-99m HDP

Iodine 131

Tc-99m Sestamibi

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Which radiotracer behaves like iodine and goes directly to thyroid gland?

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Tc-99m PO4

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Which radiotracer is involve in bone formation?

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Tc-99m HDP

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Which radiotracer is exclusively goes to thyroid tissue (therapeutic or diagnostic of thyroid)

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Iodine 131

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Which radiotracer goes to heart and is very mild, safe, used for hyperparathyroidism or observed by overactive parathyroid gland?
Tc-99m Sestamibi
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This detects the radiation inside the Pxs body and is the main nuclear medicine equipment.
Gamma camera
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Collimator is the ______________
lens of gamma camera
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What is an example of gamma camera?
Cardiac scan
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For how long does radionuclide stays in the body?
6-8hrs
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What are the areas that does not absorb radionuclide called?
Cold spots
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This is the most common requested procedure and uses 131I or 99mTc-pertechnetate?
Thyroid scan
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The normal size of thyroid gland is ______________
4x2cm with 2 lobes connected by an isthmus
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Thyroid scan evaluates _________________
thyroid function, nodule or mass
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Hot nodule in thyroid scan indicates ______________, while cold nodule indicates ______________
hyperthyroidism, benign or malignant
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Whole body iodine scan is used for __________________
staging thyroid cancer detect presence of metastasis specific for thyroid cancer assess response of iodine treatment
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What is the radiotracer used in whole body iodine scan?
Iodine 131 (beta and gamma rays)
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This uses 99mTc MDP/HDP, where 5% bone turnover can be detected
Bone scintigraphy/scan
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A ___________ minimum mineral loss is required before lesion is visualized on radiographs of _________
50% Bone scintigraphy/scan
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What are the five organs that frequently metastasize in bone.
PBKTL ``` prostate breast kidney thyroid lungs ```
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Myocardial perfusion imaging is used _________________
detect and diagnose coronary artery disease assess functional significance of known coronary artery disease predict cardiac event omit px to have heart attack in the next year check or provide info of benefit of cardiac bypass or stenting
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This is specific for ischemia and infarction
Myocardial perfusion imaging
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What are the differences between myocardial ischemia and infarction?
ISCHEMIA - narrowing blood vessels - provided by NM of info of benefit from cardiac bypass or stenting - reversible effect after resting INFARCTION - compromised w/ circulation - area not viable - no longer benefit from cardiac bypass or stenting - irreversible effect after resting
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PET stands for __________
Positron emission tomography
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PET is established if patient is ___________________ and establish possibility of _________ in areas difficult to access (lungs, abdominal areas)
responsive to chemotherapy tumor
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PET can be used as __________________
screening and monitoring tool
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What can be assessed using PET scan?
assess different tissue metabolism and fucntion (hypermetabolic, depend on signal intensity, assess distorted anatomy)
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Scintimammography uses ___________ to detect cancer cells in __________
99mTc-sestamibi breast and axillae
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Scintimammography is used in px with _________________
abnormal mammograms, dense breasts, and post-operative
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TRUE OR FALSE: Scintimammography is used to replace mammography
FALSE
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The gold standard in detecting cancer cells in breasts and axillae is __________________
fine needle aspiration biopsy
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What is the other term for Scintimammography?
Miraluma Test (use kit DuPont's Miraluma) and Sestamibi breast imaging
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This scintigraphy: v Evaluate perfusion, cortical, and excretory functions v Used also to evaluate functional transplanted kidney v examine kidneys and find any abnormalities
Renal Scintigraphy
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HIDA stands for _______________
hepatobilliary acid
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HIDA is used to diagnose ___________________
acute and chronic cholecystitis, biliary atresia provide info on post-surgical bile drainage and biliary leakage evaluate blood flow to liver, gall bladder contraction
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HIDA is also known as ____________________________
Cholescintigraphy, Hepatobiliary scintigraphy
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This diagnose problem in liver, gallbladder and bile ducts
HIDA Scan
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What is the radiotracer used in HIDA?
Tc99m lidofenin before then now: iminodiacetic acid
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IF there is lack of visualization of bladder w/n 4hrs this indicates ______________
presence of cholestasis, cystic duct obstruction
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This is used for the detection of pulmonary embolism and check for pulmonary ventilation and perfusion
Lung perfusion scan
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Radionuclide therapy uses ____________ emission to have local destructive effect
beta particle
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Radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid diseases usually taken via ___________ and is absorbed in ___________, then iodine goes to ________, and radioactive idonde starts to emit _________ resulting to ___________ of thyroid gland
oral route GIT thyroid tissue beta particles shrinking or normalize
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For hyperthyroidism, if the primary cancer from the thyroid gland metastasizes, iodine will ____________ to the part where there are_________________ to stop the spread
spread thyroid gland metastatic lesions

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