Nuclear Medicine — Flashcards

The Tc 99m labelled RBC is used for the assessment of occult GI hemorrage, _____ function and vascular lesions

_____ sign in Gallium scan is seen in sarcoidosis

_____ carcinoid is more likely to have reduced uptake on FDG PET scan than an atypical carcinoid.

Hint: Typical/Atypical

Hepatic scintigraphy shows a "_____" due to healthy hypertrophied caudate lobe, in budd chiari syndrome

In radionuclide imaging, the most useful pharmaceutical agent for skeletal imaging is _____ linked to MDP

The _____ sign is seen on gallium-67 scans in the setting of thoracic sarcoidosis

The annhilation of positron in PET results in the formation of two high energy _____ (511-keV) which travel in opposite directions

Hint: particle

MRI in pheochromocytomas shows higher _____, but MIBG is more specific (sensitivity/specificity)

A gamma camera (-camera), also called _____ camera or Anger camera, is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes

An ideal therapeutic radioisotope should have _____ beta and low gamma emitter activity