Nuclear Medicine Technology: Procedures and Quick Reference has been completely updated with the latest advances in imaging technology, It is the only procedures guide specifically geared to nuclear medicine technologists.

Nuclear Medicine Technology provides detailed, easy-to-follow instructions for 61 scan procedures, including listings of possible artifacts and problems that may arise during each scan.

An extensive quick-reference section includes:

• conversion tables
• radiopharmaceutical dose ranges
• pediatric dosing
• anatomical drawings
• standard drug interventions
• lab tests
• language translations
• thyroid therapy information
• reproducible patient history sheets for 20 scans

Contents

Section One: Scans

1. Adrenocortical Scan
2. Adrenal Medulla: Pheochromocytoma Scan (mIBG)
3. Angiography
4. Bone Density
5. Bone Marrow Study
6. Bone Scan
7. Brain Scan/Death (Brain Flow)
8. Brain SPECT
9. Breath Test: PYtest® 14C-urea Breath Test
10. Cardiac: First Pass
11. Cardiac: MUGA & MUGA-X
12. Cardiac: Myocardial Infarction (MI Scan)
13. Cardiac: Resting Study (Perfusion)
14. Cardiac: Stress Test (Perfusion)
15. Cisternography
16. Cystography (Voiding Cystourethrogram; Direct & Indirect)
17. Dacryoscintigraphy
18. DVT (Deep Venous Thrombosis): Venography
19. Esophageal Transit Time
20. Gallium Scan
21. Gastric Emptying
22. Gastroesophageal Reflux
23. Gastrointestinal Bleeding Scan
24. HIDA (Hepatobiliary or Gallbladder) Scan
25. LeVeen/Denver Shunt Patency
26. Liver SPECT (Hepatic Hemangioma)
27. Liver/Spleen Scan
28. Lung Perfusion
29. Lung Transmission
30. Lung Ventilation (Gas & Aerosol)
31. Lymphoscintigraphy
32. Meckel's Diverticulum
33. NeutroSpec®
34. Octreoscan®
35. Parathyroid Scan
36. Positron Emission Tomography (PET): An Overview
37. PET Brain
38. PET Cardiac
39. PET Oncology
40. Plasma Volume Measurement (I-125 Albumin)
41. Prostascint® Scan
42. Red Blood Cell Volume (Cr-51 RBC's)
43. Renal: Cortical Imaging (DMSA)
44. Renal: Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR-DTPA)
45. Renal: Tubular Function (Baseline Renogram, Captopril, ERPF)
46. Salivary Gland Scan
47. Schilling Test
48. Scintimammography
49. SPECT & Hybrid Imaging: An Overview
50. Testicular Scan
51. Therapy: Bexxar
52. Therapy: Bone Pain (Palliation)
53. Therapy: Intra-articular (Joint)
54. Therapy: Intracavitary (Serosal)
55. Therapy: Polycythemia Vera
56. Therapy: Zevalin
57. Thyroid: Ablation
58. Thyroid: Ectopic (Substernal) Scan
59. Thyroid: Hyperthyroid Therapy (<30 mCi)
60. Thyroid: Scan
61. Thyroid: Uptake
62. Thyroid: Whole Body ¹³¹I Cancer Study with rTSH Augmentation
63. White Blood Cell Scan (¹¹¹In and ^99mTc-HMPAO)

Section Two: Quick Reference

1. Conversion Tables
2. Radiopharmaceuticals
3. Decay Tables of Common Radionuclides
4. Standard Drug Interventions
5. Laboratory Tests
6. Language Barrier Buster/Interpretech
7. Regulations
8. Patient Release Methods and Information for Thyroid Therapies
9. Patient History Sheets
10. Abbreviations Commonly Used in Nuclear Medicine
11. Coding
12. Anatomical Images

Index

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