Objectives Week 5 - Livers, Spleens, and Thyroids
- In the thyroid, identify the steps to the bio-feedback loop that regulates hormone production.
- Define hyper/hypothyroidism.
- Calculate a thyroid uptake given the following data: (Pill at 0 hr = 1,000,151, Rm Bkg at 0 hr = 151, Patient thyroid at 24 hr = 91,223, Pt Bkg at 24 hr = 1,223) (decay factor for 24 hrs - 0.278). Answer - 32%
- Define the steps required to image a thyroid.
- Calculate an ejection fraction of a gal bladder where Pre CCK = 58,778 cts and 15 minutes = 12,457 cts. Answer - 79%
- Identity the disease processes seen in hepatobiliary and liver/spleen imaging.
- What are the basic steps required to image the GB and REC system?
- Define the pathophysiology for sulfur colloid and IDA tracers.
Thoughts and terms for this week
- REC and RES.
- Phagocytosis
- Hepatocellular disease and colloid shift
- Space occupying lesion
- Understand the general difference between the different IDA agents
- Chronic, acute, and acalculous cholecystitis
- Pharmacological intervention with MS and kinevac
- %EF of the GB
- Biofeedback lope that controls the thyroid
- Hyper vs Hypothyroidism - related terms of diseases
- Setup and calculation of a thyroid uptake procedure
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