Nuclear Medicine Board Review Exam
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Coughing CPR helps to maintain what? - Answer✔Helps maintain consciousness.
Atropine is a anticholinergic agent used with dobutamine to do what? - Answer✔Increase heart
rate
Photopeak efficiency is defined as: - Answer✔Ratio of net counts in the photopeak to net
counts in the entire spectrum.
How would you modify the Lasix dose if the patient has compromised renal function? -
Answer✔Dose should be increased.
Systeme Internationale (S.I.) is also known as: - Answer✔International system, metric system.
3.4 Ci is equal to how many uCi? - Answer✔3,400,000 uCi
"Blunders" are counting errors related to: - Answer✔Carelessness and/or lack of knowledge or
negligence.
QC test to assess reproducibility of counter if only 2 observations are available - Answer✔The
relative error
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Right Coronary Artery (RCA) supplies: - Answer✔Inferior portion of heart
Transient increase in tracer uptake in responding to metastases in the early months after
chemotherapy/hormone therapy for breast and prostate cancer. - Answer✔Flare phenomenon
Extraosseous, pulmonary uptake on bone scan seen in patients with: - Answer✔Radiation
pneumonitis
Correlation btw # of counts and display intensity is linear. A logarithmic relationship btw # of
counts and display intensity... - Answer✔Enhances low counts.
780 Si = how many rem/s? - Answer✔78,000 rems
Effective Dose - Answer✔Overall health effects of irradiation of the whole body taking into
account absorbed doses received by various organs and tissues.
The adrenal medulla synthesizes and secretes: - Answer✔Catecholamines
Radiolabeled urine may enter the bowel and lead to intense visualization when: -
Answer✔Fistulous connection is present.
Hepatic cyst will present as: - Answer✔Photopenic area
How do surgical incision wounds appear on a Tc99m or In-111 labeled WBC study? -
Answer✔Lack of uptake.
Arbitrary unit of attenuation for CT - Answer✔Hounsfield unit
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