NMED 416L Molecular Imaging Physics Lab

This course will use a lab-based approach to clarify and enhance lecture topics. Lab experiences will enhance student competence in the areas of patient care, radiation safety, instrumentation and quality control, radiopharmaceuticals and pharmaceuticals, diagnostic procedures, and radionuclide therapy. Various technologies and simulations will be used to enhance future clinical coursework and practice. Topics explored include the decay modes and half-lives of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, the physics of primary radiation and secondary scatter, and the theoretical production and utilization of radionuclides.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Enrollment in the NMI program

Corequisite

NMED 406, NMED 416, NMED 425, NMED 435, NMED 435L, NMED 445, NMED 445L, NMED 455, NMED 455L, NMED 462, NMED 465, NMED 465L, NMED 472, NMED 472L, NMED 475, and NMED 477