, under a contract with the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), conducted a survey of Nuclear Medicine Technology Education Program Directors to learn about both their personal careers and the education programs for which they are responsible. This report summarizes the responses to this survey and presents a variety of insights about this important group of individuals and programs. This report...

The whole-body and hand radiation doses to our technical staff were retrospectively compared for three distinct 4-mo periods when either 201TI or 99mTc-sestamibi were exclusively used for stress myocardial perfusion imaging. During the initial 4-mo period when 99mTc-sestamibi replaced 201TI, the mean whole-body film badge readings increased from 100 to 450 microSv/mo (p < 0.001) for nuclear med...

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Objective: On account of the widespread use of nuclear energy in different fields, nuclear accidents and disasters have been on a rise. Thus, it is crucial for medical staff especially emergency department personnel to be aware of the nature of these accidents. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of training on the knowledge of physicians and nurses regarding nuclear...

UNLABELLED Ionizing radiation used in diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures has the potential to have biologic effects on a fetus. Nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs) therefore have a responsibility to ensure that they question all patients of childbearing age about their pregnancy status before starting any procedure, to avoid unnecessary fetal irradiation. In Australia, there are no clearl...

century, we now have many different ways of imaging the body providing complementary information, which is useful in diagnosis and treatment planning. This has been brought about by the application of new physics techniques for imaging, combined with the development of computers. Digital technology not only made these novel techniques practically feasible, but also gave the exciting possibility...