The journey into nuclear medicine is often fueled by passion and curiosity. But for many students and early-career ...

During my 45-plus years in nuclear medicine, I have had the pleasure of serving in many roles—from staff technologist to ...

Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) are essential for optimizing radiologic practices and ensuring patient safety. This study aimed to establish typical DRLs for nuclear medicine (NM) procedures ...

There is an emerging need for greater understanding of pharmacology principles among technical staff. Indeed, the responsibility of dose preparation and administration, under any level of supervision, ...

In 1966, Griffith et al. used “a standard breakfast of ordinary food” labeled with chromium-51 to report the first use of gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES). As the procedure was refined over the ...

Before CT came into use, planar radiography and fluoroscopy comprised all non–nuclear medicine uses of ionizing radiation in imaging. In those types of examinations, the radiation dose to the patient ...

Obesity, with its alarming increase among adults and children, represents a significant health problem with serious medical, social, psychologic, and economic reverberations. The burden of this ...

Pharmacology principles provide key understanding that underpins the clinical and research roles of nuclear medicine practitioners. The scope of practice of the nuclear medicine technologist demands ...

A NEW ERA OF CLINICAL DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER IMAGING USING 123 I-LABELED 2ς-CARBOMETHOXY-3ς- (4-IODOPHENYL)- N - (3-FLUOROPROPYL)NORTROPANE (123 I-FP-CIT) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ...

Diuretic renal scintigraphy plays a critical diagnostic role by providing a physiologic means for differentiating between obstructive and nonobstructive hydronephrosis and by assessing the function of ...

The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a better understanding of radiation hormesis, the investigational research that supports or does not support the theory, and the relationship ...

PET and PET/CT have changed the diagnostic algorithm in oncology. Health care systems worldwide have recently approved reimbursement for PET and PET/CT for staging of non–small cell lung cancer and ...