Course Overview
This course focuses on the practical operation and quality control of routine equipment used in nuclear medicine. Emphasis is placed on scintillation detectors, SPECT/CT gamma cameras, and image-processing software. Students will learn how to evaluate equipment performance and choose appropriate parameters to acquire and optimize data or images. Students will also perform different image-processing methods and apply various image-display options to enhance image quality and reduce artifacts.
Prerequisite(s)
- 65% in PHYS 2120
Credits
2.5
- Not offered this term
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Perform routine quality-control procedures on scintillation detectors (well counters and multi-channel analyzers) to evaluate performance. (NM.3.2/NM.3.3/NM.3.7)
- Perform routine SPECT quality-control procedures to evaluate performance. (NM.3.3)
- Apply appropriate acquisition parameters and camera preparation to optimize planar and SPECT image quality. (NM.3.2/NM.3.7, NM.7.6, NM.8.1)
- Perform tomographic reconstruction of SPECT and SPECT/CT images to optimize image quality. (NM.8.3)
- Perform quantitative corrections on planar and SPECT images to reduce artifacts. (NM.8.3, NM.8.7)
- Choose appropriate image-display settings to enhance image quality. (NM.8.1, NM.8.3)
- Assess the performance of medical image-display devices. (NM.3.7, NM.8.1)
Effective as of Fall 2026
Related Programs
Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation (NMED 4120) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Health Sciences
- Nuclear Medicine
Diploma Full-time
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