Nuclear Medicine QUIZ
Which of the following Nuclear Medicine renal scans involve taking dynamic images?
a. MAG3
b. DMSA - answer A
How long should a women not breast feed for after an technetium bone scan? -
answer12 Hours
Which of the following nuclear medicine scans would be used to look for renal scarring?
a. MAG 3
b. DMSA
c. Bone scan – answer B
By which of the following does Technetium decay?
a. electron capture
b. positron emission
c. isomeric conversion
d. beta particle emission - answerD
Which of the following is the correct physical half-life of Technetium 99 metastable?
a. 6 hours
b. half an hour
c. 8 hours
d. 6 days
e. 2 days - answerA
Which of the following forms of radiation do you use in Nuclear Medicine to gain your
images?
a. Alpha radiation
b. Gamma radiation
c. Beta radiation - answerB
When comparing a Technetium 99m RBC scan and a angiography, which scan is more
sensitive and less specific, has less anatomical detail, less invasive and lower? -
answertechnetium 99 m RBC scan
For a heart rest and stress scan such as a myocardial perfusion scan, how long before
the scan does the patient have to stay off of caffeine? - answer48 hrs
What does the abbreviation PET stand for? - answerPositron Emission Tomography
Nuclear medicine procedures can be used ONLY for diagnostic imaging? - answerFalse
Which of the following Nuclear Medicine renal scans involve taking dynamic images?
a. MAG3
b. DMSA - answer A
How long should a women not breast feed for after an technetium bone scan? -
answer12 Hours
Which of the following nuclear medicine scans would be used to look for renal scarring?
a. MAG 3
b. DMSA
c. Bone scan – answer B
By which of the following does Technetium decay?
a. electron capture
b. positron emission
c. isomeric conversion
d. beta particle emission - answerD
Which of the following is the correct physical half-life of Technetium 99 metastable?
a. 6 hours
b. half an hour
c. 8 hours
d. 6 days
e. 2 days - answerA
Which of the following forms of radiation do you use in Nuclear Medicine to gain your
images?
a. Alpha radiation
b. Gamma radiation
c. Beta radiation - answerB
When comparing a Technetium 99m RBC scan and a angiography, which scan is more
sensitive and less specific, has less anatomical detail, less invasive and lower? -
answertechnetium 99 m RBC scan
For a heart rest and stress scan such as a myocardial perfusion scan, how long before
the scan does the patient have to stay off of caffeine? - answer48 hrs
What does the abbreviation PET stand for? - answerPositron Emission Tomography
Nuclear medicine procedures can be used ONLY for diagnostic imaging? - answerFalse