This course is designed to help the student carry out dosimetric activities for radiopharmaceuticals and to calculate the energy deposited in the organs following administration of a radiopharmaceutical. The patient organ dose assessment is not a trivial problem, and is influenced by multiple factors. Detailed knowledge of dose estimation is a critical requirement of physicists working in Nuclear Medicine.
• Use of Traceable Standards for Radioactivity Measurements
• Formalism and Application of Internal Dosimetry
• Quantitative Nuclear Medicine Imaging
• Patient-specific dosimetry
• One Written Report (2000 words) 40%
• Clinical Evaluations 60%
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Perform quality assurance principles for radioactivity measurement in nuclear medicine.
2. Apply established formalisms for internal dosimetry calculations.
3. Use look-up tables for estimating absorbed and effective dose from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures.
4. Derive quantitative information from nuclear medicine images.
5. Appraise when patient-specific dosimetry is required and how to perform it
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