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RAD 305 SYLLABUS
Lecturer: Dr. Saddig D. Jastaniah
Faculty of Medicine KAAU
1. Revision of basic concepts on physical , physiological and safe handling of radioisotopes in nuclear medicine (NM). (2 Units)
· Radioactivity
· Radiochemistry
· Specific activity
· Radiation Protection in NM
· Selection of radiation nuclide for NM
Gamma ray emitting radio nuclide
Positron emitting radionuclide
(half life, energy, specification, type of radiation)
· Radionuclide generator system
Decay scheme
Elute process
Equilibrium (Transient)
2. Instrumentation (2Units)
· Collimator types
· Basic Quality Control
· Emission Computed tomography (SPET, PET)
· Method of compute acquisition techniques.
· Tomography Image production
· Quality control
3. Approach to Image interpretation in NM (1Unit)
4. Introduction to NM examinations (1 Unit)
(Patient – handling techniques)
5. Radio pharmaceutical administration. (2Unit)
6. NM procedures (4 Unit)
(bones, liver, brain, thyroid, renal scan)
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