The development of an educational program and credentialing structure to support and recognize an advanced level of the practice of nuclear medicine technology is now underway. This work parallels the ...
Clinical imaging protocols play an important role in the provision of high-quality care in nuclear medicine. It is imperative that all nuclear medicine facilities have protocols for every procedure ...
Although not as well standardized as gastric emptying (GE) scintigraphy, esophageal transit scintigraphy, if performed in a comprehensive manner including both quantitative and qualitative analysis of ...
Using nuclear medicine techniques, physiologic activity and processes can be identified in a way that is unique from other modalities. Oftentimes it is helpful to know the exact location of the ...
One of the most exciting career advancement opportunities in recent times has been the development of the advanced practice career track for nuclear medicine technologists. The office at the ...
In the nuclear medicine setting, the task of obtaining informed consent for procedures that require it is frequently left to the nuclear medicine technologist. Unfortunately, a patient's signature on ...
This is my first issue as editor of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. Since I accepted the appointment to this post from the Publications Committee last summer, I have been learning the ...
A Patient's Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English–Spanish, by Juan Mas, is a flip-chart book containing over 35 common nuclear medicine procedures explained in layperson's terms. As the title ...
In the spring and summer of 2006, the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the School of Public Health, University at Albany (the Center), under a contract with the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) ...