Instrumentation and Radiopharmaceuticals
- Identify the process on how radiation is detected with gas-filled detectors.
- Discuss the characteristics of Ionization between the ionization region and the GM Region.
- What is scintillation?
- Consider the method of scintillation detections. Understand the process. Draw the components.
- What are the setting for 123I if the window as set to 20%? (159 keV)
- Name the different types of collimators and define the specific characteristics of each (HR, HS, Converging, Diverging, and Pinhole).
- When you distance between the patient and the detector you increase scatter. Why is this a true statement?
- What are the components that would make up an ideal radiopharmaceutical?
- Identify the different physiological methods in which a radiopharmaceutical is picked up by an organ or disease state (there are 9),
Key words you should know
Regions of gas detection
Parts of a scintillation device
Hygroscopic
Dynodes
Impedance
X, Y, and Z pulse
Septa
Umbra
LLD + ULD = Window
Scaler
ROI
SPECT
PET
Fusion
Physiology vs. Anatomy
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