FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017

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/D/17/24/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. Quality control tests required for a radiopharmaceutical
before injection to a patient.
10
2. Radiopharmaceuticals used for hypoxia imaging.
10
3. Fluoro estradiol PET/CT imaging.
PSMA PET/CT Imaging.
5+5
4. Principles of small molecular imaging with PET/CT
clinical applications.
10
5. Quantitative parameters in myocardial perfusion with
SPECT/CT scintigraphy.
10
6. C-14 urea breath test.
GFR estimation using plasma sample method
5+5
7. Radiopharmaceuticals used in patients of gastrointestinal
bleeding.
10
8. PET/CT imaging in a patient with progressive memory
loss.
10
9. Mechanism of localization of various
radiopharmaceuticals.
10
10. Nuclear Medicine techniques for estimation of:
RBC cell mass
RBC cell survival
5+5