Practicals Β· NUC

Nuclear Medicine

113 practical items from the NMC curriculum and the NBEMS DNB curriculum, grouped by the curriculum's own sections.

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113 items

Instrumentation

Gamma camera (scintillation camera)

Instrument

PET/CT scanner

Instrument

PET/MR scanner

Instrument

Well counter

Instrument

Collimators (gamma camera)

Instrument

Radiation Safety

Radiation monitoring / survey devices

Instrument

Nuclear Physics

Radiochemistry

Radiopharmaceutical synthesis and labelling

Lab technique

Radiopharmacy

In Vitro Studies

RBC survival study

Lab technique

C-14 urea breath test for H. pylori

Lab technique

Endocrine

Thyroid scan (Tc-99m and radioiodine)

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Parathyroid scintigraphy (planar and SPECT)

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Adrenal cortical scintigraphy

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

FDG PET for pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma detection

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Oncological Nuclear Medicine

PSMA PET imaging

Procedure

FDG PET-CT for cancer staging

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

PET-CT guided biopsy

Procedure

Lymphoscintigraphy

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Gastrointestinal

Esophageal transit study

Procedure

Gastric emptying study

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HIDA scan)

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Salivary gland scintigraphy

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Lacrimal gland scintigraphy (dacryoscintigraphy)

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Genitourinary

Renal cortical scintigraphy (DMSA scan)

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Renal scan for infection/inflammation imaging

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Infection and Inflammation Nuclear Medicine

Musculoskeletal

Bone scintigraphy (bone scan)

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Musculoskeletal / Haematology

Evaluation of Osteoporosis

Neurological Nuclear Medicine

FDG PET for dementia classification

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine

Resting and exercise ECG interpretation

InterpretationSkill (DNB)

I-123 MIBG cardiac imaging

ProcedureSkill (DNB)

Pulmonary Nuclear Medicine

Sentinel Node imaging

Hybrid Imaging

Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine

I-131 therapy for thyroid cancer (remnant ablation)

Procedure

Radiosynovectomy

Procedure

Radioimmunotherapy (Y-90 ibritumomab tiuxetan)

Procedure

Tc-99m MAA lung shunt study (pre-TARE)

Procedure

Practical Examination

Spotters (practical exam)

Specimen / spotter

Scan reading (practical exam)

Interpretation

Image Interpretation