AUGUST 2017 Sub. Code: 2121
B.Sc. NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY
THIRD YEAR
PAPER I RECENT ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNIQUES
Q.P. Code: 802121
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer all questions
I. Elaborate on: x 10 30)
1. Principles and working of SPECT and CT imaging.
2. PET imaging for Epilepsy.
3. Recent therapeutic applications of radiopharmaceuticals in NM.
II. Write notes on: x 5 40)
1. Image guidance for stereotactic Surgery.
2. Attenuation correction in SPECT CT imaging.
3. PERCIST.
4. Filtered back Projection.
5. Histogram.
6. Line of response.
7. Glycolysis.
8. Scatter coincidence in PET.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 3 30)
1. Noise Equivalent Count Rate.
2. Partial volume effect.
3. List three new radiopharmaceuticals for Neuro applications other than Tc99m
ECD HMPAO and its applications.
4. Mechanism of FDG uptake.
5. Tabulate three differences between 2D and 3D modes in PET.
6. Normalization in PET.
7. Cross calibration factor in PET.
8. PACS.
9. Low pass filter.
10. Multi planar reconstruction.