Nuclear Medicine Review Questions One of the most common radionuclides used in nuclear medicine is veerified answer Technetium 99m What type of imaging device used in nuclear medicine provides a three dimensional image of anatomic structures veerified answer SPECT camera An abnormal region detected during a nuclear medicine bone scan is often described as a n veerified answer hot spot Which of the following is a common clinical indicator for a nuclear medicine gastrointestinal study veerified answer hepatobilliary disease Most often how is the heart stressed during a nuclear cardiac perfusion study veerified answer Having a patient run on a treadmill Which radiopharmaceutical is administered during a thyroid uptake study veerified answer sodium iodide 123 I Which of the following duties is not a typical responsibility of the nuclear medicine technologist veerified answer calibrating imaging equipment A device for accelerating charge particles in a circular orbit to high energies by means of an alternating electric field is a veerified answer cyclotron A helium nucleus consisting of two protons and two neutrons is a n veerified answer alpha particle A type of atom whose nucleus disintegrates spontaneously is a n veerified answer radionuclide PET demonstrates the of the body s organs and tissues veerified answer biochemical function What is produced when a positron and an electron join and then undergo annihilation veerified answer two 511 keV photons Which of the following elements is not used in the PET imaging process veerified answer hydrogen Which of the following biochemical compounds is used to gauge glucose metabolism in tissues during a PET scan veerified answer 18 F FDG Most PET tracers have a half life of veerified answer 120 seconds to 110 minutes Brain mapping is a PET procedure used to identify veerified answer critical motor or sensory regions The most common form of coregistration or fusion technology is the use of veerified answer PET CT True False During an epileptic seizure there is a decrease in sugar glucose use at the seizure site in the brain veerified answer False True False CNS tumors examined with PET demonstrate decrease glucose metabolism veerified answer False True False Dementia when studied with PET is demonstrated by decreased glucose metabolism in aspects of the brain veerified answer True