Radiopharmacology

Radiopharmacology

Education and Training of Radiologic Technologists

Published in Kenneth L. Miller, of Radiation Protection Programs, 2020

The Essentials and Guidelines of an Accredited Educational Program for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist state that the program term be a minimum of 12 months and that the training be competency based. The minimum curriculum must include, but not be limited to, the following:6Methods of patient careRadiation safety and protectionNuclear medicine physics and radiation physicsNuclear instrumentationStatisticsRadionuclide chemistryComputer applicationsRadiopharmacologyDepartmental organization and functionRadiation biologyNuclear medicine (in vivo and in vitro procedures)Radionuclide therapyClinical education

Nuclear Medicine in Oncology

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Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, 2018

Carla Oliveira, Rui Parafita, Ana Canudo, Joana Correia Castanheira, Durval C. Costa

Nuclear Medicine presents itself as a radiopharmaceutical specialty with different biological targets, whether in diagnosis or in treatment – we can call it Radiopharmacology – which has vast applications in Oncological Medicine. It is a diverse and multi-disciplinary specialty. Nuclear Medicine plays an essential role not only in staging and restaging neoplastic illnesses, but also in the surgical protocol (sentinel lymph node), in functionally monitoring the organs that are most susceptible to the effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and even in the field of treatment.

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