MIT 103 TEST 3 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | SOLVED 100% CORRECT.
Nuclear Medicine primarily differs from other imaging modalities in that it looks at______as opposed to
__________. - (answer)Physiology; anatomy
Nuclear Medicineuses_______________to__________and________________disease. -
(answer)radiopharmaceuticals; diagnose; treat
What kind of equipment do we use in Nuclear Medicine to image patients? - (answer)Gamma cameras
Nuclear Medicine applications include
a. _________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. __________________________________ - (answer)Bone scans, lung scans, and brain scans
___________________ imaging uses CT and PET to show both _________________structure of CT with
______________________ metabolic imaging of PET. - (answer)Fusion, Anatomical, functional
PET stands for: - (answer)Position Emission Tomography
ALARA stands for ________________________________ and the purpose of practicing ALARA standards
is :_____________________________ - (answer)as low as reasonably achievable; the principles of
ALARA (time, distance, and shielding) are designed to minimize radiation exposure to both the nuclear
medicine technologist and the patient.
The person(s) who discovered radioactivity was(were):
a. Henri Becquerel
b. Marie and Pierre Curie
c. Irene Joliet Curie
d. John Lawrence
e. None of the above - (answer)B. Marie and Pierre Curie
, MIT 103 TEST 3 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | SOLVED 100% CORRECT.
What is the difference between diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine? - (answer)diagnostic
nuclear medicine procedures show where and what type of disease is present. A therapeutic nuclear
medicine procedures treated or cues the disease using radiopharmaceutical.
Nuclear medicine is primarily useful for evaluating______________or __________While other imaging
modalities (x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MR) are better atevaluating______________________. -
(answer)Metabolism or physiology; structure
Besides administering radiopharmaceuticals and imaging, what are some other duties of a nuclear
medicine technologist? - (answer)may administer adjunct, (non radioactive drugs), take patient vital
signs, administer oxygen, start intravenous lines and other nursing duties.
What is the most commonly used radiopharmaceutical used in PET or PET/CT imaging? -
(answer)fluorine 18 FDG is the most commonly used in PET radiopharmaceutical
SPECT stands for _________________ and is superior to conventional gamma imaging
because__________ - (answer)Single photon emitted computed tomography.it gives greater resolution
and information that conventional 2 dimensional gamma imaging.
Nuclear medicine molecular imaging provides information on what is happening atthe____________or
______________________level. - (answer)changes at molecular level
Describe the different workplaces where a nuclear medicine technologist might be employed. -
(answer)hospitals, academic institution, outpatient imaging center.
Why is a four year bachelor's degree desirable? - (answer)they would be preferred over those who don't
A cyclotron is used to_______ - (answer)produce artificial radioactivity, including radiopharmaceuticals.
Another name for the gamma camera is_____or_______ - (answer)Anger camera, or scintillation
camera
Nuclear Medicine primarily differs from other imaging modalities in that it looks at______as opposed to
__________. - (answer)Physiology; anatomy
Nuclear Medicineuses_______________to__________and________________disease. -
(answer)radiopharmaceuticals; diagnose; treat
What kind of equipment do we use in Nuclear Medicine to image patients? - (answer)Gamma cameras
Nuclear Medicine applications include
a. _________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. __________________________________ - (answer)Bone scans, lung scans, and brain scans
___________________ imaging uses CT and PET to show both _________________structure of CT with
______________________ metabolic imaging of PET. - (answer)Fusion, Anatomical, functional
PET stands for: - (answer)Position Emission Tomography
ALARA stands for ________________________________ and the purpose of practicing ALARA standards
is :_____________________________ - (answer)as low as reasonably achievable; the principles of
ALARA (time, distance, and shielding) are designed to minimize radiation exposure to both the nuclear
medicine technologist and the patient.
The person(s) who discovered radioactivity was(were):
a. Henri Becquerel
b. Marie and Pierre Curie
c. Irene Joliet Curie
d. John Lawrence
e. None of the above - (answer)B. Marie and Pierre Curie
, MIT 103 TEST 3 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | SOLVED 100% CORRECT.
What is the difference between diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine? - (answer)diagnostic
nuclear medicine procedures show where and what type of disease is present. A therapeutic nuclear
medicine procedures treated or cues the disease using radiopharmaceutical.
Nuclear medicine is primarily useful for evaluating______________or __________While other imaging
modalities (x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MR) are better atevaluating______________________. -
(answer)Metabolism or physiology; structure
Besides administering radiopharmaceuticals and imaging, what are some other duties of a nuclear
medicine technologist? - (answer)may administer adjunct, (non radioactive drugs), take patient vital
signs, administer oxygen, start intravenous lines and other nursing duties.
What is the most commonly used radiopharmaceutical used in PET or PET/CT imaging? -
(answer)fluorine 18 FDG is the most commonly used in PET radiopharmaceutical
SPECT stands for _________________ and is superior to conventional gamma imaging
because__________ - (answer)Single photon emitted computed tomography.it gives greater resolution
and information that conventional 2 dimensional gamma imaging.
Nuclear medicine molecular imaging provides information on what is happening atthe____________or
______________________level. - (answer)changes at molecular level
Describe the different workplaces where a nuclear medicine technologist might be employed. -
(answer)hospitals, academic institution, outpatient imaging center.
Why is a four year bachelor's degree desirable? - (answer)they would be preferred over those who don't
A cyclotron is used to_______ - (answer)produce artificial radioactivity, including radiopharmaceuticals.
Another name for the gamma camera is_____or_______ - (answer)Anger camera, or scintillation
camera
