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Review Lecture for Nuclear Medicine

Atoms and Radioactive decay


Navigating the nuclear chart

Stable nucleus

Radioactive nucleus

Neutron Rich Nucleus

Neutron Deficient Nucleus

Understanding radioactive
decay and their equations

Fusion and Fission reactions

Radiation detectors
2
Radiation


Types of internal and external radiation (Understanding their
sources)

Protocols for radiation for SPECT and CT

Radiation doses

Monitoring of radiation exposure

Radiation safety, and the protocols involved

3
SPECT or PET


Different types of imaging modalities.

Understanding how PET operates and the various terms used
in PET imaging

Understanding the various coincidence events that occur in
PET imaging

PET images, and ways to improve the PET images

4
Radiation


Biological effects of radiation
on matter

Interaction of photons with
matter, explaining and
understanding the different
interactions that occur

Differentiating between the
different types of radiation

5
Good luck

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