Recent advances in Nuclear Medicine Techniques – I MODULE- 1

Medical imaging is an

• Non invasive technique

• Invasive technique

• Surgical technique

• None of the above

which is not frequently used imaging modalities

• Radiography

• Radiotherapy

• Computed tomography

• Nuclear medicine

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses

• X-rays

• Gama Rays

• I R Rays

• Hydrogen ions

Radiopharmaceuticals emits

• Photons

• Gama Rays

• Positron

• Electrons

Nuclear medicine Focus on

• a) Anatomy of the body

• b) Biochemistry of the body

• None of these

• Both a and b

Radiopharmaceuticals can be applied for

• A) Diagnostic Purpose

• B) Therapeutic Purpose

• Both A and B

• None of these

The first gamma camera is also known by which of the following names?

• Hal camera

• Anger camera

• Muller camera

• West camera

Which of the following is not a component of gamma camera?

• Collimator

• Detector crystal

• Position logic circuit

• Pre-amplifier

Which of the following is the first object that an emitted gamma photon encounters after exciting the body?

• Collimator

• Detector crystal

• Photo multiplier tubes

• Position logic circuit

Which of the following components adds all the signals and determines where each scintillation event occurred in the detector?

• Collimator

• Detector crystal

• Photo multiplier tubes

• Position circuitry