FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PAPER-II
TIME: 3 HOURS NM/J/18/24/II
MAX. MARKS: 100
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
Answer all the parts of a single question together.
Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. What are the principles and types of generators used in nuclear
medicine? Describe the generator produced PET radionuclides.

2. Describe the various radiopharmaceuticals used for metastatic
bone pain palliation and compare two most commonly used
radiopharmaceuticals in India.
7+3
3. Mechanism of various radiotracer accumulations in
tissues/organs.
10
4. Compare the radiopharmaceuticals used in
Radiosynevectomies of various joints.
10
5. Tc99m TRODAT and F18-FluoroDOPA in the diagnosis of
Parkinson's disease
5+5
6. 11C-Methionine
18F-FLT
5+5
7. Curie system of Staging of 123I-MIBG in Neuroblastoma
Interventional techniques to improve PET/CT Imaging
5+5
8. Amyloid Beta Imaging Tracers
Tau Tracers
5+5
9. PET/CT Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers.
PET/CT scanning for the detection of Insulinoma.
5+5
10. Characteristics of therapeutic Radionuclides and discuss in
detail Lu-177.
4+6