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DistanceLearningCentre.comSTUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
COURSE: Access to Higher Education Diploma
SUBJECT: Physics / Medicine
UNIT TITLE: Medical Uses of Radioisotopes
LEVEL: 3 (Graded)
CREDITS: 3
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, Course: Access to Higher Education Diploma
Subject: Physics / Medicine
Unit title: Medical Uses of Radiotopes
Level: 3 (Graded)
STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
TAQs for this unit
Your Tutor Assessed Questions (TAQs) for this unit are shown below.
AIMS AND The aim of this assessment is to show that you have fully
OBJECTIVES understood the physics behind radioscopes and their use in
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Learning materials: Medical Uses of Radioisotopes
TAQ 1:
Assessment criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
1. Give a definition of the terms
a) ‘radioisotope’
b) ‘radiopharmaceutical’
2. Radioisotopes are used for medical imaging purposes. Describe the
production of the radioisotopes shown below.
123
a) I (Iodine)
99m
b) Tc (technetium)
3. The properties of a radioisotope are important to consider when using
in a medical setting. State and explain why 99mTc is used in
preference to 123 I for investigating cerebral blood flow in a brain scan.
Include in your answer radiological and biological properties.
WORD COUNT:
Question 1 – 40 words.
Question 2 – 200 words.
Question 3 – 200 words
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