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Hands-On Nuclear Medicine Physics Workshop
For Physicists and Technologists
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Overview
About this Course
The increasing regulatory requirements for accreditation of facilities that offer nuclear medicine services including PET are driving an increased demand for medical physics support services. This hands-on workshop will focus on proper performance and QC testing of gamma cameras, SPECT and SPECT/CT units as wells as PET and PET/CT units. The University of Iowa has graciously allowed the use of their equipment and facilities to provide hands-on demonstrations of these testing procedures. The program will also include presentations on nuclear medicine facility accreditation, reviews of the equipment and testing procedures and techniques for lowering patient and technologist radiation doses from PET and PET/CT systems. Attendees are encouraged to participate in the testing and to share their experiences and questions on these units.
MTMI would like to express appreciation for the assistance of Mark Madsen, Ph.D., and members of the faculty in designing the workshop content and to Data Spectrum Corp. for the use of their phantom.
Educational Objectives
At the completion of this workshop, participants will understand:
- The technology and imaging capabilities/limitations of PET scanners.
- Performance/QC testing procedures for SPECT and SPECT/CT units.
- Performance/QC testing and calibration procedures for PET and PET/CT units.
- Applications and analysis of cardiac nuclear medicine procedures.
- Performance/QC testing procedures for gamma cameras.
- Techniques for lowering radiation dose from PET/CT units.
Schedule
Day One
| 7:15 am | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:00 am | Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Facilities (SAM) .... Kritzman
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| 9:00 am | Performance/QC Testing of Nuclear Medicine Imagers- Part 1: Gamma Cameras (SAM).... Kritzman
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| 9:45 am | Performance/QC Testing of Nuclear Medicine Imagers- Part 2: SPECT & SPECT/CT Units (SAM).... Halama
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| 10:30 am | Informal Discussion and Break |
| 10:45 am | Review of PET Principles and Instrumentation ... Turkington
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| 11:25 am | Performance/QC Testing of Nuclear Medicine Imagers- Part 3: PET & PET/CT Units (SAM)... Sunderland
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| 12:05 pm | Questions and Discussion with the faculty |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:45 pm | Lab Session 1 |
| 2:15 pm | Lab Session 2 |
| 3:45 pm | Informal Discussion and Break |
| 4:00 pm | Lab Session 3 |
| 5:30 pm | Questions and Discussion with Faculty |
| 5:45 pm | Adjourn for the day |
Day Two`
| 7:15 am | Coffee |
| 7:45 am | Radiation Dose Reduction in PET/CT ... Turkington
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| 8:30 am | Radiation Dose Reduction in Nuclear Medicine ... Madsen
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| 9:15 am | Informal Discussion and Break |
| 9:30 am | Lab Session 4 |
| 11:00 am | Lab Session 5 |
| 12:30 pm | Questions and Discussion |
| 12:45 pm | Workshop Adjourned |
Workshop Labs
| Lab A | Gamma Camera QC ... Kritzman Routine QC NEMA Resolution/Registration ACR phantom images Collimator evaluation |
| Lab B | Cardiac Nuclear Medicine ... Madsen |
| Lab C | SPECT & SPECT/ CT Performance/QC ... Halama SPECT Spatial Resolution w/line source ACR SPECT Phantom with/without CT AC correction SPECT/CT Co-registration |
| Lab D | Performance/QC Testing of PET and PET/CT Units ... Turkington Daily QC Periodic calibration and normalization procedures Absolute calibration ACR PET image quality phantom |
| Lab E | Joint Commission PET Quality Control Testing ... Sunderland |
Audience
This workshop is for medical physicists and others looking for training on performing QA and acceptance testing procedures on Nuclear Medicine Equipment. Some more technically oriented and experienced nuclear medicine technologists and vender personnel may also find this workshop of value.
Faculty
Name
Mark Madsen, Ph.D.
Professor - University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Name
James Halama, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor of Radiology - Loyola University
Maywood, IL
Name
Michelle Kritzman, M.S.
Nuclear Medical Physicist -
Medical Physics Consultants
Ann Arbor, MI
Name
John Sunderland, Ph.D.
Director of PET Imaging Center -
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Name
Timothy Turkington, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Duke University
Durham, NC
Credits
CAMPEP
This program provides 13.25 hours of continuing education for medical physicists. The program has been approved by CAMPEP for Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) for qualified medical physicists.
ASRT Category A
This program provides 11.5 hours of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists approved by ASRT and recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. Category A credit is also recognized by CAMRT’s Continuing Education Credit Approval Program for CE credit in Canada. You must attend the entire program to receive your certificate of completion.
SAMs
SAMs
This activity includes 3.25 approved SAM credits for Physicists.
To cover approval, tracking and reporting costs, MTMI charges $30 for each SAM credit awarded. SAM credits may be purchased in advance or if at a live program, at the site.
The American Board of Radiology (ABR) as part of its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program for diplomats in radiology, radiation oncology and medical physics with time-limited or continuous certificates, requires participation in LifeLong Learning and Self Assessment. The ABR requires each diplomat to attain at least 75 continuing education credits (CE) every 3 years which includes at least 25 self-assessment CE (SA-CE) credits. One form of SA-CE credits are ABR approved Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs). Participants are expected to self-report their SAM credits to the ABR. Go to www.theabr.org for more information about their MOC program and requirements.
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