Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Exam 3 with complete solutions
1. Static bone imaging is performed several hours after tracer administration to
permit:
a. maximum tracer uptake in the skeleton
b. tracer clearance from normal bone tissue
c. tracer clearance from sites of infiltration
d. blood clearance of excess tracer
e. tracer clearance from the kidneys
d. blood clearance of excess tracer
maximum skeletal uptake of tracer occurs in 45 minutes
2. For which if the following clinical indications would limited bone imaging
("spot" views) be most appropriate?
a. Rule out skeletal metastasis.
b. Evaluate Paget's disease.
c. Evaluate temporomandibular joint pain.
d. With child abuse, rule out occult fractures.
e. Rule out kidney stones.
c. Evaluate temporomandibular joint pain.
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3. Three- or four-phase bone imaging is particularly useful when which of the
following conditions is suspected?
a. osteomyelitis
b. osteoporosis
c. skeletal metastases
d. stress fracture
,e. compound fracture
a. osteomyelitis
4. The standard views performed in a lung perfusion study are:
a. anterior and posterior only
b. posterior and obliques only
c. anterior, posterior, and lateral of the affected lung
d. laterals and obliques only
e. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques
e. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques
5.Upon completion of an imaging procedure, the patient sits up quickly and
complains of dizziness and feeling faint. The most appropriate action for the
technologist would be to:
a. Have the patient stand and walk around the room..
b. Check the vital signs.
c. Have the patient lie down again.
d. Talk with the patient and have the patient breathe slowly and deeply.
e. Ask the patient if they have a family history of syncope.
d. Talk with the patient and have the patient breathe slowly and deeply.
6. All of the following statements about performing a lung ventilation study with
[Tc-99m] pentetate aerosol are true, except:
a. Multiple projections may be obtained with one dose of tracer.
b. The patient is disconnected from the nebulizer after inhalation of the aerosol.
c. The patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer.
d. The face mask, tubing, and nebulizer must be disposed of as radioactive waste.
e. Some residual tracer may be present in the esophagus.
c. The patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer.
patient inhales the particles before imaging, they stay in place long enough for
imaging in multiple projections
7. The purpose of wrapping the legs with elastic bandages before performing a
radionuclide venogram with [Tc-99m] MAA is to:
a. distend the veins in the feet
b. prevent blood clots from traveling to the lung
c. suppress superficial circulations
d. trap the tracer in the lower extremities
e. increase low blood pressure in the patient
c. suppress superficial circulations
, 8. When the radiation level coming from a radioiodine therapy patient in isolation
is measured, it should be measured:
a. every day
b. every day at the same time
c. at the same distance from the patient each time
d. every day and at the same distance and time from the patient each time
e. at different distances from the patient each time
d. every day and at the same distance and time from the patient each time
9. The function of a draw sheet is to provide:
a. support for the patient during a stretcher to bed transfer
b. warmth to the patient during the procedure
c. protection from infectious disease
d. patient privacy during an imaging procedure
e. an activity for the patient during transfer
a. support for the patient during a stretcher to bed transfer
10. A gated equilibrium ventricular function study can be performed with which of
the following [Tc-99m] labeled tracers?
a. pentetate
b. medronate
c. human serum albumin
d. pyrophosphate
e. macro aggregated albumin
c. human serum albumin
radiopharmaceutical needs to remain in the blood pool
11. Which of the following diagrams is a correctly labeled representative slice of
the horizontal long axis of the left ventricular myocardium?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. all of the above
e. all of the above
Exam 3 with complete solutions
1. Static bone imaging is performed several hours after tracer administration to
permit:
a. maximum tracer uptake in the skeleton
b. tracer clearance from normal bone tissue
c. tracer clearance from sites of infiltration
d. blood clearance of excess tracer
e. tracer clearance from the kidneys
d. blood clearance of excess tracer
maximum skeletal uptake of tracer occurs in 45 minutes
2. For which if the following clinical indications would limited bone imaging
("spot" views) be most appropriate?
a. Rule out skeletal metastasis.
b. Evaluate Paget's disease.
c. Evaluate temporomandibular joint pain.
d. With child abuse, rule out occult fractures.
e. Rule out kidney stones.
c. Evaluate temporomandibular joint pain.
Read More
3. Three- or four-phase bone imaging is particularly useful when which of the
following conditions is suspected?
a. osteomyelitis
b. osteoporosis
c. skeletal metastases
d. stress fracture
,e. compound fracture
a. osteomyelitis
4. The standard views performed in a lung perfusion study are:
a. anterior and posterior only
b. posterior and obliques only
c. anterior, posterior, and lateral of the affected lung
d. laterals and obliques only
e. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques
e. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques
5.Upon completion of an imaging procedure, the patient sits up quickly and
complains of dizziness and feeling faint. The most appropriate action for the
technologist would be to:
a. Have the patient stand and walk around the room..
b. Check the vital signs.
c. Have the patient lie down again.
d. Talk with the patient and have the patient breathe slowly and deeply.
e. Ask the patient if they have a family history of syncope.
d. Talk with the patient and have the patient breathe slowly and deeply.
6. All of the following statements about performing a lung ventilation study with
[Tc-99m] pentetate aerosol are true, except:
a. Multiple projections may be obtained with one dose of tracer.
b. The patient is disconnected from the nebulizer after inhalation of the aerosol.
c. The patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer.
d. The face mask, tubing, and nebulizer must be disposed of as radioactive waste.
e. Some residual tracer may be present in the esophagus.
c. The patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer.
patient inhales the particles before imaging, they stay in place long enough for
imaging in multiple projections
7. The purpose of wrapping the legs with elastic bandages before performing a
radionuclide venogram with [Tc-99m] MAA is to:
a. distend the veins in the feet
b. prevent blood clots from traveling to the lung
c. suppress superficial circulations
d. trap the tracer in the lower extremities
e. increase low blood pressure in the patient
c. suppress superficial circulations
, 8. When the radiation level coming from a radioiodine therapy patient in isolation
is measured, it should be measured:
a. every day
b. every day at the same time
c. at the same distance from the patient each time
d. every day and at the same distance and time from the patient each time
e. at different distances from the patient each time
d. every day and at the same distance and time from the patient each time
9. The function of a draw sheet is to provide:
a. support for the patient during a stretcher to bed transfer
b. warmth to the patient during the procedure
c. protection from infectious disease
d. patient privacy during an imaging procedure
e. an activity for the patient during transfer
a. support for the patient during a stretcher to bed transfer
10. A gated equilibrium ventricular function study can be performed with which of
the following [Tc-99m] labeled tracers?
a. pentetate
b. medronate
c. human serum albumin
d. pyrophosphate
e. macro aggregated albumin
c. human serum albumin
radiopharmaceutical needs to remain in the blood pool
11. Which of the following diagrams is a correctly labeled representative slice of
the horizontal long axis of the left ventricular myocardium?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. all of the above
e. all of the above
