ASNC/SNMMI Radionuclide Authorized User Training Course: Content Overview
| Section 1: Radiation Protection and Safe Radioisotope Handling |
| Regulatory Requirements |
| Forms of Radiation |
| Radiation Units |
| Radiation Protection |
| Section 2: Physics and Instrumentation |
| SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging: Gamma Cameras |
| SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging: Data Corrections |
| SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging: Tomographic Imaging |
| SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging: Quality Control |
| PET Imaging: PET Cameras |
| Dedicated PET and PET/CT Imaging: Tomographic Imaging |
| PET Imaging: Quality Control |
| Image Post Processing |
| Tracer Kinetics |
| Clinical Optimization of Radiopharmaceutical Dosing |
| Application of Technology for Radiation Reduction |
| Other Clinical Applications of Planar, SPECT and PET Imaging: Image Acquisition and Processing |
| Section 3: Radiochemistry and Radiopharmaceuticals |
| Managing a Hot Lab |
| Radionuclide Production and Radiopharmaceuticals |
| Quality Control of Radiopharmaceutical Production Kits |
| Section 4: Radiation Biology |
| Radiation Biology Overview |
| Radiation Injury, Cell, and Organ Responses |
| Risk Models, Exposure Limits, Deterministic and Stochastic Effects |
| Section 5: Nuclear Medicine Mathematics and Statistics |
| Measuring Radioactive Decay |
| Shielding Calculations |
| Mathematics of Imaging |
| Mathematics of Radioactivity |