Nuclear Medicine Week – Oct. 5, 2021 Quiz

Patient preparation for some of the nuclear medicine scintigraphies is essential. For all of the following NM imaging procedures, the patient has to remain NPO (nothing per oral) after midnight EXCEPT for the:

The part of the large intestine, on the right side of the abdomen that extends from the cecum to the transverse colon, is called:

The rate of gastric emptying is controlled primarily by reflexes that occur:

All of the following organs belong to the urinary system EXCEPT:

Abdominal pain during hepatobiliary scintigraphy with sincalide infusion:

In Gastric Emptying Study, the scanning starts..

In the radionuclide localization of acute gastrointestinal bleeding, two radiopharmaceuticals – Tc-99m-labeled red blood cells and Tc-99m-labeled sulfur colloid – are commonly used. Tc-99m RBCs have a stable persistence within the blood pool. On the contrary, Tc-99m SC is rapidly cleared from intravascular space with a Half-Time of approximately:

The position of the hypersthenic gallbladder, as compared to the position of the asthenic gallbladder, is more:

Liver Haemangioma Scan is indicated when the biopsy is..

In Dynamic Renal Scintigraphy, furosemide must be injected slowly (20-40 mg/min) to avoid..