NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Leonardo PACE NUCLEAR MEDICINE

1012500017
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY "SALERNITANA MEDICAL SCHOOL"
EQF6
IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1MEDICINA NUCLEARE - MOD. PRINCIPI E APPARECCHIATURE DI MEDICINA NUCLEARE
112LESSONS
2MEDICINA NUCLEARE - MOD. TECNICHE E METODOLOGIE DI MEDICINA NUCLEARE
224LESSONS
3MEDICINA NUCLEARE - MOD. PET
112LESSONS
4MEDICINA NUCLEARE - MOD. ASPETTI TECNICO-METODOLOGICI DEL C.I.
112LESSONS
Objectives
THE NUCLEAR MEDICINE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR TEACHING MODULES: PRINCIPLES AND EQUIPMENT OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE WITH 1 CFU, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE WITH 2 CFU, PET WITH 1 CFU, TECHNICAL-METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE C.I. WITH 1 CFU. THE COURSE AIMS TO PROMOTE THE ACQUISITION OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE EQUIPMENT, THE INTEGRATED PET / CT IMAGE, NUCLEAR MEDICINE METHODS AND THE METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE
- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INTEGRATED PET / CT IMAGING
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT NUCLEAR MEDICINE METHODOLOGIES.
- ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE MEDICINUCLEAR METHODS APPROPRIATE FOR THE STUDY OF DIFFERENT PATHOLOGIES
- UNDERSTAND HOW BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES (DEFINED BY GENDER) AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES (DEFINED BY GENDER) BY INFLUENCING THE ETIOPATHOGENESIS, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF PATHOLOGIES AFFECT THE DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATENESS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROCEDURES
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS
- ABILITY TO UPDATE THROUGH BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS.
Prerequisites
In order to understand and be able to apply most of the topics covered in teaching, it is necessary to have passed the preparatory exams for Equipment 1 and Equipment 2
Contents
The course is divided into 4 modules: Principles and Equipment of Nuclear Medicine with 1 CFU, PET with 1 CFU, Techniques and Methods of Nuclear Medicine with 2 CFU, Methodological aspects of nuclear medicine with 1 CFU. The course includes 60 hours of lessons in which the topics will be addressed:
Principles and Equipment of Nuclear Medicine
- Nuclear Medicine Equipment.
- Principles of single photon emission tomography.
- Single photon emission tomography equipment.
Techniques and Methods of Nuclear Medicine
- Radiopharmaceuticals: the rules for preparing radiopharmaceuticals for Nuclear Medicine, radioactive isotope production techniques, the 99mTc generator, quality controls.
- The study of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands: general principles, methodological aspects and diagnostic indications.
- The study of the kidney: general principles, methodological aspects and diagnostic indications.
- The study of the respiratory system: general principles, methodological aspects and diagnostic indications.
- The study of the digestive system: general principles, methodological aspects and diagnostic indications.
- The study of the lymphatic system: general principles, methodological aspects and diagnostic indications. The sentinel lymph node.
- Diagnosis of oncological and inflammatory pathology with conventional Nuclear Medicine techniques: general principles, methodological aspects and diagnostic indications.
- Nuclear cardiology: radiopharmaceuticals, diagnostic methods, clinical applications.
- Nuclear neurology: radiopharmaceuticals, diagnostic methods, clinical applications.
- Diseases of the skeletal system: bone scintigraphy, scintigraphy with marked leukocytes, radiopharmaceuticals, diagnostic methods, clinical applications.
- References, during the lectures, to radiobiology, the principles of radiopharmaceuticals, radiation protection and radiotherapy.
- Exam techniques: Static, Dynamic, Total body, SPET, Gated SPET.
- Protocols and execution technique of the main diagnostic procedures in traditional Nuclear Medicine.
- Image processing and management protocols.
- Role of the TSRM in the application of good preparation rules and in the execution of quality controls on Nuclear Medicine equipment.
PET
-Il tomografo PET e PET/TC;
-Principio di funzionamento della PET;
-Modalità di acquisizione con PET;
-Produzione dei radiofarmaci PET;
-Il ciclotrone a ioni positivi e ioni negativi;
-Radionuclidi:Ossigeno-15; Azoto-13; Carbonio-11; Fluoro-18; Gallio-68; Rubidio-82.
-Radiofarmaci marcati con 18F, 11C e prodotti da generatore.
-Preparazione del paziente in PET;
-Applicazioni della PET in oncologia, in cardiologia, in neurologia;
-Artefatti;
-Ruolo del TSRM;
Metodologie
-Principi di base di Medicina Nucleare;
-La gamma camera;
-Esami scintigrafici;
-I radiofarmaci;
-Controlli di qualità;
-Radioprotezione in medicina nucleare.
Teaching Methods
The course is divided into lectures (60 hours) that allow the student to acquire the knowledge and skills of the fundamental elements of Nuclear Medicine methods. Attendance of classroom lessons and laboratory exercises is mandatory. In order to take the final exam, the student must have attended at least 75% of the teaching hours. The modality of checking the presence is made known by the teacher at the beginning of the lessons.
Verification of learning
The achievement of the teaching objectives is certified by passing an oral exam with an evaluation out of thirty. The test as a whole allows to ascertain both the ability to know and understand, and the ability to apply the skills acquired, both the ability to exhibit, and the ability to learn and develop solutions independently of judgment. The teachers holding the coordinated modules participate in the overall collegial assessment of the student's achievement.
Texts
MANUALE PRATICO DI MEDICINA NUCLEARE. TECNICHE E METODICHE - RADIOFARMACI - CONTROLLI DI QUALITÀ -PRINCIPALI PROTOCOLLI DI ELABORAZIONE ED ANALISI DI M.CIANCAMERLA, F.UGOLINI - 2015
FONDAMENTI DI MEDICINA NUCLEARE. TECNICHE E APPLICAZIONI
DI D. VOLTERRANI, P. A. ERBA, G. MARIANI. 2010
LECTURE NOTES
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THE DIFFERENCES OF SEX AND GENDER WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTENTS OF THE TEACHING
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