Course Outline
Section 1: Radiation Protection and Safe Radioisotope Handling
- Regulatory Requirements
- Forms of Radiation
- Radiation Units
- Radiation Protection
Section 2: Physics and Instrumentation
- SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Gamma Cameras
- SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Data Corrections
- SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Tomographic Imaging
- SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Quality Control
- PET Imaging – PET Cameras
- Dedicated PET and PET/CT Imaging – Tomographic Imaging
- PET Imaging – Quality Control
- Image Post Processing
- Tracer Kinetics
- Clinical Optimization of Radiopharmaceutical Dosing
- Application of Technology for Radiation Reduction
- Other Clinical Applications of Planar, SPECT and PET Imaging: Image Acquisition and Processing
Section 3: Radiochemistry and Radiopharmaceuticals
- Managing a Hot Lab
- Radionuclide Production and Radiopharmaceuticals
- Quality Control of Radiopharmaceutical Production Kits
Section 4: Radiation Biology
- Radiation Biology Overview
- Radiation Injury, Cell and Organ Responses
- Risk Models, Exposure Limits, Deterministic and Stochastic Effects
Section 5: Nuclear Medicine Mathematics and Statistics
- Measuring Radioactive Decay
- Shielding Calculations
- Mathematics of Imaging
- Mathematics of Radioactivity