Nuclear Medicine Board Review
NMTCB Questions with 100% Correct
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According to NRC criteria, which of the following is a misadministration?
a. Infiltration of an attempted intravenous injection
b. Administration of 10 mCi I-131 instead of the prescribed 9 mCi
c. Administration of 20 mCi Tc-99m pertechnetate instead of the prescribed 10
mCi
d. Administration of 15 mCi I-131 sodium iodide intravenously instead of orally as
prescribed.
e. Administration of 5 mCi Tc-99m sulfur colloid to the wrong patient. Correct
Answer: D
Chromatography testing of technetium radiopharmaceuticals is done to check
for:
a. Aluminum Contamination
b. Molybdenum breakthrough
c. Radionuclidic purity
d. Radiochemical purity
e. Chemical purity Correct Answer: D
, The use of elliptical and/or body contour orbits in SPECT imaging should result in
improved:
a. Temporal resolution
b. Spatial resolution
c. Reconstruction times
d. Acquisition times
e. Patient comfort Correct Answer: B
Which of the following variables does not affect spatial resolution in nuclear
medicine imaging systems:
a. Physical design of the collimator
b. Material of which the collimator is constructed
c. Energy of the gamma rays being counted
d. Computer matrix pixel size
e. Byte vs. word acquisition mode Correct Answer: E
Full width at half maximum (FWHM) is often used as a measure of:
a. Uniformity
b. Sensitivity
c. Intensity
NMTCB Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
According to NRC criteria, which of the following is a misadministration?
a. Infiltration of an attempted intravenous injection
b. Administration of 10 mCi I-131 instead of the prescribed 9 mCi
c. Administration of 20 mCi Tc-99m pertechnetate instead of the prescribed 10
mCi
d. Administration of 15 mCi I-131 sodium iodide intravenously instead of orally as
prescribed.
e. Administration of 5 mCi Tc-99m sulfur colloid to the wrong patient. Correct
Answer: D
Chromatography testing of technetium radiopharmaceuticals is done to check
for:
a. Aluminum Contamination
b. Molybdenum breakthrough
c. Radionuclidic purity
d. Radiochemical purity
e. Chemical purity Correct Answer: D
, The use of elliptical and/or body contour orbits in SPECT imaging should result in
improved:
a. Temporal resolution
b. Spatial resolution
c. Reconstruction times
d. Acquisition times
e. Patient comfort Correct Answer: B
Which of the following variables does not affect spatial resolution in nuclear
medicine imaging systems:
a. Physical design of the collimator
b. Material of which the collimator is constructed
c. Energy of the gamma rays being counted
d. Computer matrix pixel size
e. Byte vs. word acquisition mode Correct Answer: E
Full width at half maximum (FWHM) is often used as a measure of:
a. Uniformity
b. Sensitivity
c. Intensity
