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2. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.

3. Preparation, calculation, identification and administration, where permitted, of
prescribed radiopharmaceuticals.

4. Use of imaging devices and external detectors for body organ imaging, time
dependent, and differential function studies.

5. Computer applications with emphasis on digital image acquisition, analysis,
processing and enhancement, tomographic reconstruction and display.

6. The use of physiologic gating techniques.

7. The performance of imaging and/or function studies of brain, cerebral spinal fluid
spaces, thyroid, lung, heart, liver, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, stomach, tumors
and abscesses, bones, bone marrow, and other organ systems.

In-Vitro Procedures

1. Management of toxic chemicals, infectious biologic materials, and radionuclides.

2. Operation of laboratory instruments and equipment, including pipettes,
centrifuges, calculators, and counters.

Administrative Procedures

1. Inventory control of radiopharmaceuticals and supplies used in nuclear medicine.

2. Scheduling patient studies, including the most appropriate sequence for multiple
procedures.

3. Methods used to maintain patients’ nuclear medicine records, patient doses,
quality control results, and other required records.

Therapeutic Uses of Radionuclides

1. Common therapeutic applications of radionuclides, dose ranges for each
application, and proper techniques for calculating quantities of administered
radiopharmaceuticals.

2. Patient care, radiation safety, follow-up procedures and disposal of excreta.

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