Nuclear Medicine

Question 1

What is nuclear med?

Answer 1

• it is the use of radioactive pharmaceuticals to diagnose and treat a variety of disease
• pharmaceutical is a compound that is already in the body
• patient is radioactive source and the Camera is simply to detect the radiation coming from the patient
• can take as many images without increasing dose to patient

Question 2

What is an overview of the machine?

Answer 2

• scintillation detector with multi-focal focused colimator

- increasing space between patient and defector which decreases image quality

Question 3

What is a common Nuc med procedure?

Answer 3

• bone for oncology, pain and fever
• use of calcium agent to bind to bone
• can tell difference between fracture and mets as scan as soon as injection will show fracture due to high vascularity

Question 4

What is a cardiac GHPS?

Answer 4

• looking at left ventricle ejection
• chemo and RT can affect heart so it can be used to see if fit for treatment
• image combines to form 3D moving image