The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application ...

There is an emerging need for greater understanding of pharmacology principles among technical staff. Indeed, the responsibility of dose preparation and administration, under any level of supervision, ...

Pharmacology principles provide key understanding that underpins the clinical and research roles of nuclear medicine practitioners. The scope of practice of the nuclear medicine technologist demands ...

Ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) lung scintigraphy has been used in the assessment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism for more than 50 y. Advances in imaging technology make SPECT and ...

Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) is frequently performed in nuclear medicine to evaluate gastric motility (1). GES is accomplished by radiolabeling the solid or liquid component of a meal and then ...

Technegas is a carbon-based nanoparticle developed in Australia in 1984 and has been in widespread clinical use, including SPECT imaging, since 1986. Although 81m Kr offers the ideal ventilation ...

Data acquisition is substantially different in PET than it is in planar nuclear medicine and SPECT. There is an entirely different set of definitions and considerations. The objective of this paper is ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the SNMMI Technologist Section in 1970, the Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council board of directors is pleased to contribute to this celebratory ...

This article was written to give health-care providers working in the field of nuclear medicine some background information on pediatric PET/CT. Specifically, it provides information regarding patient ...

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application ...

Imaging of brain β-amyloid plaques with 18 F-labeled tracers for PET will likely be available in clinical practice to assist the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD). With the rapidly growing ...

Diuretic renal scintigraphy plays a critical diagnostic role by providing a physiologic means for differentiating between obstructive and nonobstructive hydronephrosis and by assessing the function of ...