Scintigraphy

Question 1

what does “scint” mean in latin

Answer 1

spark

Question 2

what is the diagnostic test that is used in
nuclear medicine and they take radioisotopes internally and they are put in with an IV and they follow blod to the desired tissue

Answer 2

scintigraphy

Question 3

what also use gamma cameras to detect internal radiation but are not scint..

Answer 3

PET
and
SPECT

Question 4

what is the test that has high sensitivity to evaluate perfusion in the left ventricle wall and thus indirectly access coranary flow

Answer 4

MPI Myocardial perdusion imaging

Question 5

MPI can be performed with what 2 things

Answer 5

• thallium 201 Chloride

- Sestamibi

Question 6

pharmaceuticales labelled with 99mTc are also called what

Answer 6

sestamibi

Question 7

what two things visualize muscles

Answer 7

thallium and sestamibi

Question 8

red blood cells are tagged with what

Answer 8

99mTC

Question 9

stress phase can be tested what two ways?

Answer 9

• exercise
• drugs:
• dipyridamole
• adenosine
• dobutamine

Question 10

what drug makes the heart go faster and stronger

Answer 10

dipyridamole

Question 11

what drug slows the heart down

Answer 11

adenosine

Question 12

Clincial applications of usualing thallium in MPI are? 4

Answer 12

• diganose coranary artery disease
• assess coranary stenosis
• myocardial viability assesment
• thereaputic efficacy

Question 13

clinical uses of sestambi MPI

Answer 13

• diagnose coranary disease
• risk stratification after myocardial infarc
• therapeutic efficacy

Question 14

what is the principle objective for myocardial viability assessment

Answer 14

to see if the patient is eligible for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

Question 15

what can be used to test the viability of a myocardium

Answer 15

thallium

Question 16

how can ischemia be evaluated

Answer 16

usuing stress-rest reinjection

Question 17

what can u use to test the profusion of the coranry arteries

Answer 17

sestambi

Question 18

Multi Gated Acquisition (MUGA ) is used for what

Answer 18

to study the blood flow to he heart

Question 19

what is used to look at cardiomyopathy

Answer 19

MUGA

Question 20

increased heart rate

Answer 20

chronotorpic effect

Question 21

what is the small protein that is a fragment in blood after a blood clot

Answer 21

d dimer

Question 22

what is named becuase it has two crosslinked D fragments of fibrin

Answer 22

d Dimer

Question 23

MDCT?

Answer 23

multidetector computed tomography

Question 24

what do you do if a MDCT is not available

Answer 24

Ventilation and Perfusion imaging (V/PSCAN)

Question 25

what are he first thing we should always do for a patient?

Answer 25

history and physical exam

Question 26

what is the most common gas used for ventilation perfusion lung scintigraphy

Answer 26

zenon (133xe)

Question 27

how is perfusion scintigraphy accomplished?

Answer 27

by injecting radiolabelled particles

Question 28

what is the test that is noninvasive with oral administration of radiotracer that supplies information on the motility of the esophagus

Answer 28

scintigraphy of the esophagus

Question 29

the radioisotopes that are used for scinitgraphy on esophagus are ones that do not get absorbed by the mucosa of the esophagus what are they

Answer 29

- colloids | - chelates

Question 30

explain the methods of a scintigraphy on esophagus

Answer 30

radioisotopes are givein in a dilution of 10ml of water and swallowing is stimulated every 20 minuets an the time it takes them to travel the length of the entire esophagus will let one know if there is any abnormality

Question 31

what does a manometer do

Answer 31

measure pressure

Question 32

what is the most sensitive and non evasive method for detecting gastroesophageal reflux

Answer 32

scintigraphy

Question 33

gastropoesis is common in who

Answer 33

type 1 diabetics

Question 34

what is the most commonly used radioisotpe fpr the kidney

Answer 34

DTPA

Question 35

what are the three anasramoses needed after a renal transplant

Answer 35

- urettral - arterial - venous

Question 36

what is the choice test for evaluating acute pyelonephritis and renal scarring

Answer 36

renal cortical scintigraphy

Question 37

what is always done for women in menapause due to the high chances of having osteoperosis

Answer 37

bone scintigraphy

Question 38

what are bone scans based on

Answer 38

phosphate uptake in remodiling bone

Question 39

what is the disease of the bone that is localized to one humerus

Answer 39

Monostotic Paget Disease

Question 40

iodine 131 is very commonlyy used in

Answer 40

scintigraphy

Question 41

what is HIDA scan used for

Answer 41

to asses the gallbladder

Question 42

if you have - billary dyskinesia - billary obstruction - billary atresia - acalculosus cholecystisi then wat test will you get

Answer 42

HIDA scan ( cholescintigraphy)

Question 43

what is most common the cause of a gallbladder not contracting

Answer 43

billary dyskinesia

Question 44

what can be given to contract sphincter of oddi

Answer 44

morphine

Question 45

what can be given to contract the gallbladder

Answer 45

cholexytokin

Question 46

what is based on the fact that malignnat thyroid tissue only takes up a little iodine as compared to a normal thyroid

Answer 46

thyroid scan

Question 47

what nodules are cancerous when it comes to the thyroid

Answer 47

cold

Question 48

what is a more accutate test the thyroid scan

Answer 48

fine needle aspiation biopsy

Question 49

most small to moderate sized goiters can be treated with..

Answer 49

thyroid hormone

Question 50

who can you not give iodine 131 too

Answer 50

a pregnant lady or a breastfeeding lady

Question 51

what is given to treat benign and malignant disease of the thyroid

Answer 51

iodine 131

Question 52

search for occulat lesoins?

Answer 52

ROLL

Question 53

search for sentinel lymph nodes

Answer 53

SLN

Question 54

ROLL and SLN together

Answer 54

SNOLL

Question 55

if someone bleeds more then .5 ml you do what

Answer 55

you embolize them

Question 56

neoplasma IDB meckels diverticulum are what

Answer 56

common caused for GI bleeding