BRNM0341p Nuclear medicine lect.

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Igor Černý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Jitka Halouzková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Igor Černý, Ph.D.
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Jitka Halouzková
Supplier department: Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BRRF0222p Radiol. Phys. Radiobiol. II lc && BRZB0211p Fundamentals Biophys. - lect.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Nuclear medicine: The concept of this course is introduction into the study of nuclear medicine. Students should know basic principles of examination and should be able to operate the instruments and conduct examinations.
Syllabus
  • Nuclear Medicine: Radionuclides, interaction between ionizing radiation and matter, radiation detection, imaging techniques, SPECT, PET, fundamentals of radiopharmacology, biological effects of ionizing radiation, radiation safety. Methods of nuclear medicine used in urology, skeletal and bone marrow scintigraphy, nuclear cardiology. Scintigraphy of CNS, lungs, thyroid gland, gastrointestinal tract, liver and spleen. Examination in hematology, diagnostics of inflammations and tumors. With each examination procedure, the radiopharmaceuticals used, the methods, evaluation, interpretation of the findings, and indications are explained. Principles of radioimmunologic diagnostic procedures. Relations between the methods of nuclear medicine and other imaging methods, role of radionuclide methods in diagnostic algorithms. Fundamentals of therapy of diseases using radiopharmaceuticals.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KORANDA, Pavel. Nukleární medicína. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014, 201 s. ISBN 9788024440316. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 20.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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