Written for the nuclear medicine technologist, student, physician, and hospital imaging department, this book provides a coverage of protocols and peripheral information used in the acquisition of routine and nuclear medicine procedures. It offers over fifty scan procedures and a reference section of tables.

Nuclear Medicine Technology: Procedures and Quick Reference is a new quick reference written especially for the nuclear medicine technologist, student, physician, and hospital imaging department. This user friendly manual provides comprehensive coverage of protocols and peripheral information used in the acquisition of routine and new nuclear medicine procedures. This resource offers over fifty detailed scan procedures and an extensive reference section of tables, language translations, ranges of doses and labs, conversions, pediatric dosing, and more. Also included is an extensive listing of possible artifacts, problems, and difficulties that may arise during each scan. An entire section is devoted to pertinent questions on patient history and reproducible histories for selected scans. The first manual of its kind, Nuclear Medicine Technology: Procedures and Quick Reference gives readers extensive technical information about radioisotopes, radiopharmaceuticals, and current indications and contraindications for each scan

Scans Quick Reference: Conversion Tables Radiopharmaceuticals Decay Tables of Common Radionuclides Standard Drug Interventions Laboratory Tests Language Barrier Buster / Interpretech Regulations Patient Informatin for Thyroid Therapies Patient History Sheets Abbreviations Commonly Used in Nuclear Medicine References Abbreviations Commonly Used in Nuclear Medicin