BM305C: Nuclear Medicine Syllabus for BM 3rd Sem 2017 DBATU (Elective-I)

Nuclear Medicine detailed syllabus scheme for Biomedical Engineering (BM), 2017 onwards has been taken from the DBATU official website and presented for the Bachelor of Technology students. For Subject Code, Course Title, Lecutres, Tutorials, Practice, Credits, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For 3rd Sem Scheme of Biomedical Engineering (BM), 2017 Onwards, do visit BM 3rd Sem Scheme, 2017 Onwards. For the Elective-I scheme of 3rd Sem 2017 onwards, refer to BM 3rd Sem Elective-I Scheme 2017 Onwards. The detail syllabus for nuclear medicine is as follows.

Nuclear Medicine Syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BM) 2nd Year 3rd Sem 2017 DBATU

Course Objectives:

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Course Outcomes:

1. Learner will be able to learn the basics of nuclear medicine
2. Learner will be able to study the construction and principle of operation of various nuclear medicine instruments
3. Learner will be able to have some knowledge about the characteristics and mechanisms of radiopharmaceuticals
4. Learner will be able to study the diagnostics and therapeutic applications of nuclear medicine.
5. Learner will be able to have idea about the radiation safety procedures and regulations.

Unit I

Basics Of Nuclear Medicine
Radioactivity and interaction of radiation; Alpha, Beta and gamma emission, Laws of radioactive decay, Mechanisms of radioactive delay, Radiation intensity and exposure, Decay schemes and energy levels, Compton scattering, Pair productions, Particle interactions

Unit II

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Unit III

Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation
Construction and principle operation of Gamma camera, Rectilinear scanner, Basic principles of pulse height analyser, Radiation detectors-Ionization chamber, Geiger Muller counter, Semiconductor detectors, Scintillation detectors, Electronic Instrumentation for radiation detection system

Unit IV

Diagnostic And Therapeutic Applications Of Radionuclide
PET-CT, Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), Radio iodine therapy for Thyrotoxicosis , Differentiated thyroid cancers, Palliative treatment for bone metastasis – 32 P and 89 Strontium Dosage, Intravascular particulate radio nuclide Therapy, Receptor targeted therapy, 131 I- MIBG Therapy, Targeted internal radiation in HCC: 90 Y, Radio-synovectomy using Yttrium

Unit V

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Reference Books:

1. Simon Cherry, James Sorenson, Michael Phelps. Physics in Nuclear Medicine, Elsevier Saunders , 4 th Edition ,2012.
2. Jennifer Prekeges, Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation, Jones and Barlett publishers, 1st
3. edition, 2011.
4. Max.H.Lombardi, Radiation safety in Nuclear Medicine, CRC Press, Florida, USA, 2 nd edition 1999.

For detail syllabus of all subjects of Biomedical Engineering (BM) 3rd Sem 2017 onwards, visit BM 3rd Sem Subjects of 2017 Onwards.