CLRZ 328L - Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation and Image Processing Laboratory

Institution:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Subject:

Description:

Semester course; 2 laboratory hours. 1 credit. Prerequisites: CLRS 317 and 321. Corequisites: CLRS 318 and 322. Presentation of the applications and techniques employed in the fundamentals of nuclear medicine detection instruments and hands-on processing of various nuclear medicine imaging procedures. Topics include operation of the single and multiple channel analyzer, spectrometers, uptake probe and well counter, GM survey meter and the dose calibrator. Image processing will be performed with nuclear medicine cardiac, renal, gastric emptying and tumor images varying the display parameters and reconstruction filters.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.vcu.edu/

Phone Number:

(804) 828-0100

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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