Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Background
  • 1.2. Objective
  • 1.3. Scope
  • 1.4. Structure
  • 2. Needs Assessment
  • 2.1. Background
  • 2.2. Epidemiology and main clinical applications
  • 2.2.1. Nuclear medicine resource distribution
  • 2.2.2. Nuclear medicine needs
  • 2.2.3. Clinical applications
  • 2.3. Determinant of level of service
  • 2.3.1. Diagnostic nuclear medicine level l
  • 2.3.2. Diagnostic nuclear medicine level 2
  • 2.3.3. Diagnostic nuclear medicine level 3
  • 2.3.4. Therapeutic nuclear medicine level 1
  • 2.3.5. Therapeutic nuclear medicine level 2
  • 2.4. Models of positron emission tomography-computed tomography and cyclotron centres
  • 2.4.1. Inside a hospital
  • 3. PLANNING A NUCLEAR MEDICINE FACILITY
  • 3.1. Infrastructure
  • 3.1.1. General concept
  • 3.1.2. Patient flow in imaging procedures
  • 3.1.3. Organizational concepts
  • 3.1.4. Specific requirements
  • 3.1.5. Specific recommendation on finishes and systems
  • 3.1.6. Licensing and regulatory aspects
  • 3.1.7. Financial resourcing and business plan
  • 3.2. Concept of operation
  • 3.2.1. General aspects
  • 3.2.2. Patient scheduling
  • 3.2.3. Registration
  • 3.2.4. Procedure
  • 3.2.5. Data processing and management
  • 3.2.6. Reporting and approval of reports
  • 3.2.7. Additional requirements for radionuclide therapy
  • 4. EQUIPMENT
  • 4.1. Gamma camera
  • 4.1.1. Detector crystals
  • 4.1.2. Collimators
  • 4.1.3. Photodetectors
  • 4.1.4. Electronic pulse processing
  • 4.1.5. Image framing
  • 4.1.6. System configuration
  • 4.1.7. New trends
  • 4.2. Positron emission tomography systems
  • 4.2.1. Design considerations for PET systems
  • 4.2.2. Detector systems
  • 4.3. Hybrid multimodality systems
  • 4.3.1. The problem of attenuation correction
  • 4.3.2. SPECT-CT
  • 4.3.3. PET-CT
  • 4.3.4. PET-MR
  • 4.4. Probes for in vivo gamma counting
  • 4.4.1. Probes for thyroid uptake studies
  • 4.4.2. Probes for sentinel lymph node detection
  • 4.5. Radioaerosol systems
  • 4.5.1. Techniques of radioaerosol production
  • 4.5.2. Safety aspects
  • 4.6. Radionuclide activity calibrators
  • 5. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NETWORKING, ARCHIVING AND GENERAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT
  • 5.1. Information technology
  • 5.1.1. Radiology information system
  • 5.2. Picture archiving and communication system
  • 5.3. Image distribution
  • 5.4. Documents scanners
  • 5.5. Label printing
  • 5.6. Networking
  • 5.6.1. Data transfer
  • 5.6.2. Local area networks
  • 5.6.3. Servers
  • 5.6.4. Data backup
  • 5.6.5. Network speed
  • 5.6.6. Wide area network
  • 5.7. Archiving
  • 5.8. Office equipment
  • 6. HUMAN RESOURCES
  • 6.1. Roles and responsibilities
  • 6.1.1. Nuclear medicine physicians
  • 6.1.2. Medical physicists
  • 6.1.3. Radiopharmacists
  • 6.1.4. Nuclear medicine technologists
  • 6.1.5. Nurses
  • 6.1.6. Supporting staff
  • 6.1.7. Coordination with other clinical services
  • 6.2. Training needs
  • 7. HOSPITAL RADIOPHARMACY AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION