NUCLEAR MEDICINE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

TR32C4C

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

Applied Medical Sciences

Is part of:

RADIOTHERAPY AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES WITH RADIONUCLIDES

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FRANCIOTTI Raffaella

Cycle:

Second semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

Principle of Physics.

Objectives

Students will have knowledge of the effective functioning of devices
useful for daily activities in nuclear medicine. They can use these studies
for specific and necessary needs in different situations.

Contents

The course will focus on the main technologies used in nuclear medicine
with a look on their clinical applications.

Extended Syllabus

Metabolic radiotherapy. Cross-fire effect. Outline of radiodosimetry for nuclear medicine therapy. The radiopharmacy. Radiopharmaceuticals and their characteristics. The
99mTc generator. Radiopharmaceutical marking. Distribution of the
radiopharmaceutical within the body's tissues.
Decay processes: gamma decay and revelation. Gamma camera.
Quantum efficiency. Spatial and energy resolution. Gamma camera
performance. Parameters and methods of planar and tomographic
acquisition. SPECT.
Beta decay. PET. PET acquisition parameters. TOF-PET. Noise in PET. The
tracers for PET. The cyclotron.
Hybrid systems.

Recommended Bibliography

Slides used during the lessons and bibliographic material available online.

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in 10 hours of frontal lessons with multimedia
support.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Written and/or oral exam.

Contacts/More Information

Students will be received by the teacher every Wednesday from 9 am to
11 am and upon appointment which has to be agreed via e-mail to the
address raffaella.franciotti@unich.it.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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