Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation: Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation:

Exam 2 Questions and Answers

100% Pass


What is efficiency of counting/imaging? - CORRECT ANSWER:-How well

detector can... (goes dab, plus c)

1. geometry

2. operating voltage

3. energy resolution

4. scatter

5. dead time

6. absorption

7. background

plus...

collimation

, How do you test operating voltage for GM? - CORRECT ANSWER:-Battery

Check button (DC)

How do you test operating voltage for Cutie Pie? - CORRECT ANSWER:-Battery

Check button (DC)

What is operating voltage check called for Dx Calibrator? How do you check it? -

CORRECT ANSWER:-Constancy Test - button test with source

How do you test operating voltage for Gamma camera? Explain. - CORRECT

ANSWER:-Daily flood - checking that percentage is less than Uniformity

Correction Factor (%5)

What if UCF is over 5%? - CORRECT ANSWER:-redo flood and then call

biomed

What is the UCF value for the Gamma camera? - CORRECT ANSWER:-3-5 milli

counts

What is the operating voltage check called for the uptake probe? - CORRECT

ANSWER:-daily voltage check

What is the operating voltage check called for the well counter? - CORRECT

ANSWER:-daily voltage check

What units are used for GM? - CORRECT ANSWER:-counts/min or

disintegrations/min

What are the units of Cutie Pie? - CORRECT ANSWER:-millirems/hour