Course program
Teaching units:
Lectures:
L1: Basics of nuclear physics (1 h)
L2: Basics of nuclear medicine (1 h)
L3: Diagnosis of thyroid disorders (1 h)
L4: Hypertyroidism and thyrotoxicosis (1 h)
L5: Hypothyroidism (1 h)
L6: Goiter: Uninodular and Multinodular (1 h)
L7: Thyroid carcinomas (1 h)
L8: Cardiac and Pulmonary System (L8.:
2.
3.
4) (1 h)
L9: The Central Nervous System (1 h)
LP10:
a) Oncology, b)
Infection and Inflammation (1 h)
L11: a) Radiation protection, b)
Therapy with Radionuclides (1 h)
L12: a)
Gastrointestinal System, b)
The rest of NM procedures
Seminars:
S1:
Nefrourology (2 h)
S2:
(L8:3.1.) Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (2 h)
S3:
The Musculoskeletal System (2 h)
S4:
Radioimmuno assay (2 h)
S5:
Parathyroid and adrenal glands (2 h)
S6:
PET, PET/CT (2 h)
S7: Students Seminars (2 h) - topics for students seminars are listed below (two points for several slides in Powe Point for each topic;10 topics for 10 students- one student can choose only one topic):
Haematology
1. Determinations of the Plasma volume, RBC and Blood Volume
2. Methods of Measuring Red Blood Cells Life Span
3. Kinetics of leukocytes and platelets
4. Ferrokinetics
5. Vitamin B
12 Absorption
The rest of therapy with Radionuclides
1. Radioimmunotherapy B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
2. Radiophosphate therapy (P32)- Polycythemia Rubra Vera
3. I-131 MIBG therapy
4. Radionuclide palliative bone therapy
5. Radiosynoviorthesis (Radiation Synovectomy)
Practice:
P1: Thyroid examination (3 h)
P2: Patient with thyroid carcinoma (3 h)
P3: 99Mo- 99m Tc -Generator and Radiofarmaceuticals (2 h)
P4: Scintillation Counter and Measurements (2 h)
P5: Radiation protection and decontamination (2 h)
P6: Scintillation Camera and Densitometer (2 h)
Total number of hours in Nuclear Medicine: 12 L + 14 S + 14 P= 40 h
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