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Diagnostical Methods and Instruments of Nuclear Medicine

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Course Unit Code450-8415/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
ULL03RNDr. Vojtěch Ullmann
Summary
Physical and technical principles of radionuclide methods, scintigraphy, analog and digital processing of scintigraphic images – Visual evaluating and mathematical analysis of scintigraphic data
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Introduction into the field of nuclear medicine, radionuclide diagnosis and therapy.
Course Contents
- The definition and content of the nuclear medicine
- The essence of radionuclide scintigraphy
- Scintillation Cameras
- Tomographic cameras
- Quality control and phantom measurements scintigraphic
- Relationship scintigraphy and other imaging techniques
- Accumulation (acquisition) of scintigraphic studies in computer
- Computer processing of scintigraphic studies
- Filters and Filtration
- Evaluation of complex programs
- Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine





Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Saha G.B.: Physics and radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine. Springer, New York 2000
Saha G.B.: Physics and radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine. Springer, New York 2000
Ullmann V.: Jaderná fyzika a fyzika ionizujícího záření. Elektronická forma:
-http://AstroNuklFyzika.cz/Fyzika-NuklMed.htm
Radioisotopová scintigrafie:
-http: //astronuklfyzika.cz/Scintigrafie.htm
Recommended Reading:
Saha G.B.: Physics and radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine. Springer, New York 2000
Bakos K. a kol.: Nukleární medicína. SPES, Praha 1996
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit10 10
        ExaminationExamination90 41