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Nuclear Medicine Board Review NMTCB
1. According to NRC criteria, which of the following is a misadministration?
a. Infiltration of an attempted intravenous injection
b. Administration of 10 mCi I-131 instead of the prescribed 9 mCi
c. Administration of 20 mCiTc-99m pertechnetate instead of the prescribed 10 mCi
d. Administration of 15 mCi I-131 sodium iodide intravenously instead of orally as
prescribed.
e. Administration of 5 mCi Tc-99m sulfur colloid to the wrong patient.
ANS : D
2. Chromatography testing of technetium radiopharmaceuticals is done to check for:
a. Aluminum Contamination
b. Molybdenum breakthrough
c. Radionuclidic purity
d. Radiochemical purity
e. Chemical purity
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ANS : D
3. The use of elliptical and/or body contour orbits in SPECT imaging should result in
improved:
a. Temporal resolution
b. Spatial resolution
c. Reconstruction times
d. Acquisition times
e. Patient comfort
ANS : B
4. Which of the following variables does not affect spatial resolution in nuclear medicine
imaging systems:
a. Physical design of the collimator
b. Material of which the collimator is constructed
c. Energy of the gamma rays being counted
d. Computer matrix pixel size
e. Byte vs. word acquisition mode: E
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5. Full width at half maximum (FWHM) is often used as a measure of:
a. Uniformity
b. Sensitivity
c. Intensity
d. Resolution
e. Dead time
ANS : D
6. Uncorrected flood field nonuniformities cause artifacts in
tomographic reconstruction.
a. Irregular
b. Dropout
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