NUM-1460 — Nuclear Medicine Procedures II
This course is the second of two courses that presents nuclear medicine imaging and therapeutic procedures. This course provides the theory and concept foundations students will need to practice as entry-level nuclear medicine technologists. Utilizing a body-systems approach, students acquire knowledge about specific nuclear medicine exams so that they can select the correct radiopharmaceutical(s) used to perform each exam, as well as select the equipment and acquisition parameters required to obtain diagnostic information. Next, students apply knowledge of human physiology in order to properly evaluate various patient health data and patient preparation for appropriateness for an imaging procedure and to predict exam
Prerequisites: NUM-1450