Nuclear Medicine

Time & Place:
TBD

Instructor:
Jun Ni, Ph.D.
Tel: (319) 335-9490
E-mail: jun-ni@uiowa.edu

Place:

Reference:
Chris Guy and Dominic ffytche, "Introduction to An Introduction to the Principles of Medical Imaging," second Edition, Imperial College Press, 2005.

Lecture Notes:
Additional notes or handouts may be available.

Training Course Description:

Goals and Objectives:
The training course is designed for physicist and/or other non-scientist professionals.

Training Course Contents:

  1. Introduction
  2. Radiopharmaceuticals
    1. Ideal properties of Radionuclides and Carriers
    2. Carrier Molecules
    3. Radionuclides
    4. Technetium
    5. Iodine and Fluorine
  3. Gamma Cameras
    1. Collimator
    2. Scintillator Crystal
    3. Count Rate
    4. XY Position and Energy Analysis
    5. Gamma Camera Performance
    6. Inherent Low Count Rate in Gamma Imaging
    7. Gamma Imaging Source Response Functions
  4. Planar Imaging
  5. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
  6. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
    1. PET Camera
    2. PET Detector
    3. True and False Coincidence Events in PET
    4. PET Correction Factors

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