Nuclear Medicine Board Review
Graded A 2024 Questions
Coughing CPR helps to maintain what? - Helps maintain consciousness.
Atropine is a anticholinergic agent used with dobutamine to do what? -
Increase heart rate
Photopeak efficiency is defined as: - Ratio of net counts in the photopeak to
net counts in the entire spectrum.
How would you modify the Lasix dose if the patient has compromised renal
function? - Dose should be increased.
Systeme Internationale (S.I.) is also known as: - International system, metric
system.
3.4 Ci is equal to how many uCi? - 3,400,000 uCi
"Blunders" are counting errors related to: - Carelessness and/or lack of
knowledge or negligence.
QC test to assess reproducibility of counter if only 2 observations are
available - The relative error
Right Coronary Artery (RCA) supplies: - Inferior portion of heart
Transient increase in tracer uptake in responding to metastases in the
early months after chemotherapy/hormone therapy for breast and
prostate cancer. - Flare phenomenon
Extraosseous, pulmonary uptake on bone scan seen in patients with: -
Radiation pneumonitis
Correlation btw # of counts and display intensity is linear. A logarithmic
relationship btw # of counts and display intensity... - Enhances low counts.
780 Si = how many rem/s? - 78,000 rems
Effective Dose - Overall health effects of irradiation of the whole body
taking into account absorbed doses received by various organs and
tissues.
The adrenal medulla synthesizes and secretes: - Catecholamines
