Scintigraphy Flashcards
What is a general decay scheme? and how does the one of Tc99m look?
How does a moly generator work?
What does Transient and Secular equilibruim mean?
Explain the scintillation detector of a gamma camera? What are the main categories to detect radiation?
Of which material is the scintilator? and how does it work?
What are the basic components of a gamma camera?
What is a photomultiplier tube?
What does the (pre)ampliefier do?
What does a pulse height analyzer do?
What are rate scalers, cathode tubes and ADCs?
Name the different collimators and how they work. Name grid frequency and grid ratio.
What is peaking and what happens when it goes wrong?
What is uniformity?
How to determine spatial resolution?
Which factors influence spatial and temporal resolution?
What are the different types of acquisistions?
What influences temporal resolution?
What is a parallel hole collimator?