Nuclear Medicine Technology (NMDT) Undergraduate Course Descriptions
NMDT 401. Hospital Orientation
Hospitals administrative procedures including medical terms and medical ethics. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 403. Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology
Anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the human organ systems treated in nuclear medicine. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-4 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 405. Radiation Protection
Properties of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation, their effects on human beings and methods for protecting patients and staff from unnecessary exposure and possible injury. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-3 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 407. Clinical Instrumentation and Techniques
Structure, operating characteristics, and practice in use of nuclear radiation detection instruments and radioisotope handling devices used in medical diagnosis and therapy. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-4 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 409. Mathematical Evaluation of Clinical Data
Variations in results depending on the choice of radionuclide, instrument, and patient. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-2 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 411. Records and Administrative Procedures
Records and procedures required by federal, state and professional regulatory agencies to insure proper: 1) acquisition, handling, application, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials; 2) awareness of radiation dosages received by patient and staff and 3) functioning of detection equipment. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 412. Clinical Nuclear Practicum I
Supervised use of radionuclides in imaging and scanning of patients for diagnostic purposes. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-9 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 413. Clinical Nuclear Practicum II
Supervised use of radionuclides in vitro and in vivo in patients for diagnostic purposes. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-9 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 415. Application of Radionuclides to Medicine
Radionuclides and the compounds into which they are formed that are useful in medical research, diagnosis, and therapy. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-3 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 417. Nuclear Radiation Physics
Properties of alpha, beta, and gamma radiations; their origins and interactions with matter; their control and shielding; the statistics of counting. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-4 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 419. Clinical Radiation Biology
Cellular and organ responses to radiation sources and radionuclides in nuclear medicine. Lab. 1-2 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 421. Therapeutic Radionuclides
Chemical, physical, and biological properties of the radionuclides used in diagnosis and therapy. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 423. Nuclear Medicine Chemistry
The radiopharmacology and chemistry of radionuclides used in the clinical laboratory. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-3 Cr. F, S, SUM.
NMDT 427. Application of Computers to Nuclear Medicine
Data collection, data reduction and data enhancement by computer methods. Lab. Prereq.: acceptance into a hospital program. 1-4 Cr. F, S, SUM.
