This is a Clinical Training course designed to increase the capacity of the physicist to effectively manage the technology found in nuclear medicine. Students will be actively involved in the quality management and maintenance of nuclear medicine equipment. Adequate management of the technology found within a nuclear medicine department is critical to the optimization of the services provided. The physicist is typically responsible for the quality assurance of the equipment.
• Quality management of systems in nuclear medicine
• Acceptance Testing / Commissioning
• Routine testing / Quality control
• Imaging informatics
• One Written Report (2000 words) 40%
• Clinical Evaluations 60%
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Explain principal requirements and elements for a quality management system in nuclear medicine.
2. Implement the concepts and principles of acceptance and commissioning of equipment.
3. Execute methods for the clinical implementation and supervision of a quality control programme.
4. Apply basic imaging informatics in digital imaging environments.
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