2022-2024 CCAF General Catalog
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NMT1101 Nuclear Medicine - Principles of mathematics, chemistry and physics
as applied to field of nuclear medicine;
preparation
and uses of radiopharmaceuticals; radiation
detection, effects, dose calculation and safety;
hematologic and
radionuclide dilution procedures
and protocol; techniques and procedures of
gastrointestinal and organ concentration-
excretion
measurements; imaging techniques and
procedures; and radioassay and radiation therapy
procedures. Includes
operating radionuclide
imaging and detection devices and assisting
medical professionals in preparing and
administering radiopharmaceuticals and organizing
and administering radionuclide-imaging services.
NMT1106 Nuclear Medicine Procedures I - Course focuses on a review of basic anatomy and
physiological functions
with organs and organ
systems encountered in the field of Nuclear
Medicine. Encompasses related anatomy,
physiology, and pathology of imaging procedures,
miscellaneous imaging, and various dynamic
studies to include brain
and cardiac flow
assessments.
NMT1107 Nuclear Medicine Procedures II - Continuation of Nuclear Medicine procedures with
an addition of the
knowledge and understanding of
specified Nuclear Medicine non-imaging
procedures; hematology, in vitro, and
radionuclide
therapy. Studies include: Total Blood Volume, Red
Cell Survival and Sequestration, Schilling tests, and
the associated procedure requirements for
radionuclide therapy.
NMT1108 Patient Care in Nuclear Medicine - Course provides students with the knowledge and
understanding of
patient care, communication,
ethical principles, infection control, venipuncture,
medication administration, and
emergency
procedures as it applies to a Nuclear Medicine
department.
NMT1300 Applied Nuclear Medicine Mathematics - This course will review basic mathematics,
algebraic equations,
common and natural
logarithms and their manipulation, and linear and
logorithimic graphing. Students will learn the
principles of mathematics as applied to the Nuclear Medicine field including statistics terminology,
frequency
distributions, Gaussian distribution, Poisson
distribution of confidence limits, standard error,
efficient distribution of
counting time, and the statistics
relating to imaging procedures.
NMT1301 Applied Nuclear Physics I - The study of basic units and mass energy
relationships, quantum theory, nuclear
structure,
physical characteristics and modes of radioactive
decay and electromagnetic radiation.
NMT1302 Applied Nuclear Medicine Chemistry - This course provides instruction in basic chemistry as
well as how it
applies to Nuclear Medicine. Chemistry
principles include matter, atomic structure, electron
configurations, periodic
table organization, chemical
bonding, formulas and equations, acid-base theory,
solutions, suspensions, colloids.
Inorganic chemistry
and associated nomenclature are also introduced.
NMT1303 Radiation Safety - Introduction to radiation safety includes radiation
exposure, licensing directives and the
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission guidelines, radioactive
material fundamentals, and radiation safety regulations
and
procedures. Radioactive spill procedures and
appropriate decontamination techniques are also
discussed.
NMT1304 Radiation Instrumentation for Nuclear Medicine - Introduction to, and application of, scintillation
spectrometer calibration, operating principles of
scintillation gamma camera, radionuclide counting
systems of liquid
scintillation, speck and alternate
imaging modalities, semiconductor detectors, and
quality control.
NMT1305 Radiopharmacy - This course provides an introduction to the uses of
radionuclides in medicine, basic
principles of generator
systems, radiopharmaceuticals, preparation of
pharmaceuticals, quality control procedures,
radioactive equilibrium, and calculations of doses
utilized in the Nuclear Medicine field. Genetic and
somatic effects of
radiation as well as radiation biology
principles are also covered.
NMT1311 Radiation Instrumentation II - Continuation, with advanced emphasis, of scintillation
spectrometer
calibration, operating principles of
scintillation gamma camera, radionuclide counting
systems of liquid scintillation,
speck and alternate imaging modalities, semiconductor detectors, and
quality control.
NMT1312 Applied nuclear Physics II - Continuation, with advanced emphasis, of the study
of basic units and mass
energy relationships,
quantum theory, nuclear structure, physical
characteristics and modes of radioactive decay and
electromagnetic radiation.
NMT1313 Applied Nuclear Physics III - The further advanced study of basic units and mass
energy relationships,
quantum theory, nuclear
structure, physical characteristics and modes of
radioactive decay and electromagnetic
radiation.
NMT2319 Computer Applications in Nuclear Medicine - Imaging, data reduction, functions, and
programming language
in nuclear medicine.
NMT2320 Clinical Diagnostic Imaging I - Clinical performance of various diagnostic imaging
procedures and
techniques to include
miscellaneous studies, shunt studies, and Positron
emission tomography (PET) imaging. Also