The course aims to present the discipline of nuclear medicine and the diagnostic-therapeutic procedures inherent to it.
Course Prerequisites
The teaching of Nuclear Medicine in the TSRM training course plays a role of fundamental importance for the practice of the profession.
Teaching Methods
Frontal and interactive lessons. Practical demonstrations of the use of the equipment during diagnosis and therapy procedures.
Assessment Methods
Interview at the end of the study course.
Texts
Text of the lessons (slides). References, guidelines and regulations suggested during the lessons
Contents
- general information on the discipline of nuclear medicine and on the clinical applications of nuclear medical methods - lymphoscintigraphy applied to the detection of the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer - other applications of lymphoscintigraphy and radioisotopic centration - bone scan - diagnostics of thyroid and parathyroid diseases - diagnostics of urinary tract pathologies and applications in the cardiological field - pulmonary perfusion and ventilation studies and diagnostics of neuroendocrine tumors - diagnosis of neoplastic and degenerative neurological diseases - PET-CT diagnostics in tumors - part 1 - PET-CT diagnostics in tumors - part 2 - PET-CT diagnostics in the non-oncology field - elements of radiometabolic therapy