When a radiation incident occurs in nuclear medicine in Australia, the incident is reported to the relevant state or territory authority, which performs an investigation and sends its findings to the ...

Academic integrity has been challenged by artificial intelligence algorithms in teaching institutions, including those providing nuclear medicine training. The GPT 3.5–powered ChatGPT chatbot released ...

Formal and informal lifelong learning allows nuclear medicine professionals to grow and change over time within this dynamic field. Over the past 2 decades, Internet-based websites have provided ...

Alzheimer disease (AD) is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and is projected to affect over 13 million people by the year 2060. Although there is currently no cure for AD, ...

Obesity, with its alarming increase among adults and children, represents a significant health problem with serious medical, social, psychologic, and economic reverberations. The burden of this ...

Technical factors play a critical role in the production of best-quality amyloid PET images for interpretation. This article provides specific instructions and general technical information about PET ...

VOICE Credit: This activity has been approved for 1.0 VOICE (Category A) credit. For CE credit, participants can access this activity on page 325 or on the SNM Web ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology September 2004, 32 (3) 164-165; ...

The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL) has added a mandatory site visit to its accreditation process, both for first time accreditation and ...

Because of the penetrating ability of the radiation used in nuclear medicine, metallic lead is widely used as radiation shielding. However, this shielding may present an insidious health hazard ...

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is a diagnostic imaging study that uses a radioactive tracer to evaluate hepatocellular function and the biliary system. The production and flow of bile is tracked from the ...

Hydronephrosis can be caused by obstruction or by nonobstructive disorders such as infection, vesicoureteral reflux, or congenital anomalies. Diuretic renal scintigraphy is critical in differentiating ...