Course: Nuclear medicine 2

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Course title Nuclear medicine 2
Course code KAZ/NM2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Malán Alexander, MUDr.
  • Mařík Karel, Mgr. Bc.
Course content
Lectures 1. Accidents in nuclear medicine and methods to mitigate their radiological consequences, decontamination contaminated space and objects, stochastic and non-stochastic effects of radiation, radiation sickness. 2. Basic units and quantities in dosimetry, workplace monitoring, personal dosimetry, types of dosimeters, detection ionizing radiation (ionization chambers, GM tubes, scintillation detectors?). 3. Collimators - functions and species. 4. History and principles of radionuclide examinations. Data processing in nuclear medicine. 5. - 6. Types of scintigraphic examination, static, dynamic and whole body examination. 7. - 8. Dynamic scintigraphy - the concept of ROI, functional curves, parametric images. Quantitative evaluation scintigraphic examination. 9. Repetition Exercises 1. - 2. Collimators, their functions and distribution. 3. Motion scintigraph. 4. Scintillation camera. 5. - 6. Data processing in nuclear medicine. 7. Scintigraphic examination of lungs. 8. Skeletal scintigraphy. 9. Scitnigraphic methods in cardiology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 36 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
characterizes the specifics of working with radiopharmaceuticals
lists all the current nuclear medicine investigative methodologies and characterizes them
Skills
applies basic practical habits in working in ionizing environment
preserves all principles of radiation protection
performs nuclear medical imaging and imaging, static and dynamic examination procedures
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
lists the types of scintigraphic examinations
describes function and list types of collimators
explains the principle of radionuclide examinations
characterizes decontamination
Skills
controls the basic functions of the gamma camera in terms of retrieving and evaluating the acquired data
follows all principles of radiation protection
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Practicum
Field trip
Competences
Lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Practicum
Field trip
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Competences
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Ferda, Jiří. Základy zobrazovacích metod. Praha : Galén, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7492-164-3.
  • Koranda, P. a kol. Nukleární medicína. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2017. ISBN 978-80-244-4031-6.
  • KUPKA, K., ŠÁMAL, M. KUBINYI, J. Nukleární medicína. Praha: P3K, 2015. ISBN 78-80-87343-54-8.
  • Malán, A. Vybrané kapitoly z nukleární medicíny.. Plzeň: Klinika zobrazovacích metod FN Plzeň, 2013. ISBN 978-80-244-1723-3.
  • Míková, V. Nukleární medicína - Průžez vyšetřovacími metodami v oboru nukleární medicína. Praha: Galén, 2008. ISBN 978-80-726-2533-8.
  • MYSLIVEČEK, M., KAMÍNEK, M., KORANDA, K. HUŠÁK, V. Nukleární medicína - I. díl. Olomouc: HANEX Olomouc, 2007. ISBN 978-80-244-1723-3.


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