{"id":6643,"date":"2025-09-08T10:33:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/?page_id=6643"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:02:51","slug":"nuclear-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/nuclear-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6643\" class=\"elementor elementor-6643\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3673d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3673d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b4ada0\" data-id=\"0b4ada0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cc285c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cc285c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd2d2fd\" data-id=\"fd2d2fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64806f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64806f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Nuclear Medicine<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Duration: 3 hours<\/li><li>Exam Code: MED5722<\/li><li>Number of Questions: 150 questions<\/li><li>Passing Score: 65%<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Exam Coverage:<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Basic radiation physics and nuclear principles.<\/li><li>Molecular and functional imaging.<\/li><li>Radiopharmaceuticals: preparation, properties, and clinical applications.<\/li><li>Nuclear imaging devices: SPECT \u2013 PET \u2013 Gamma Camera.<\/li><li>Clinical applications in cardiology (e.g., myocardial perfusion imaging).<\/li><li>Nuclear medicine in oncology: diagnosis, monitoring, and follow-up.<\/li><li>Endocrine applications (radioactive iodine therapy, adrenal tumors).<\/li><li>Neurological applications (dementia, epilepsy, movement disorders).<\/li><li>Therapeutic procedures in nuclear medicine (e.g., RAI therapy, Samarium, Lutetium).<\/li><li>Radiation protection and safety protocols.<\/li><li>Quality control in nuclear imaging systems.<\/li><li>Use of nuclear medicine in renal, skeletal, and gastrointestinal evaluations.<\/li><li>Ethical and legal considerations in nuclear medicine.<\/li><li>Patient preparation, procedure explanation, and management of sensitive cases.<\/li><li>Image interpretation and nuclear medicine reporting.<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Approved References:<\/strong><\/h3><ol><li>Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Imaging, Mettler F.A., Guiberteau M.J., 7th Edition, Elsevier, 2018.<\/li><li>Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites, Ziessman H.A., O&#8217;Malley J.P., Thrall J.H., 4th Edition, Elsevier, 2013.<\/li><li>Physics in Nuclear Medicine, Cherry S.R., Sorenson J.A., Phelps M.E., 4th Edition, Elsevier, 2012.<\/li><li>Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry, Stabin M.G., 1st Edition, Springer, 2008.<\/li><li>Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Cohan R.H. et al., 5th Edition, Lippincott Williams &amp; Wilkins, 2016.<\/li><li>Basic Science of Nuclear Medicine, Elgazzar A.H., 2nd Edition, Springer, 2014.<\/li><li>PET: Molecular Imaging and Its Biological Applications, Phelps M.E., 1st Edition, Springer, 2004.<\/li><li>European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Guidelines \u2013 Latest Official Publications<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuclear Medicine Duration: 3 hours Exam Code: MED5722 Number of Questions: &#8230; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6643","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6643"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6753,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6643\/revisions\/6753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}