FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
APRIL 2016
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PAPER II
NUC.MED/APRIL/16/24/II
Time 3 hours
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. During plasma sample methods of GFR estimation, the
sample tube gives count rate of 1000 cts/second. Researcher
does not accept error more than in counting. How long
each tube should be counted to keep error at
10
2. HPLC.
Role of nuclear imaging in seizure disorder.
5
5
3. During quality check of radiopharmaceuticals two terms are
frequently described:
LAL test
LD50/60.
Describe these two tests in details.
5
5
4. Derive using MIRD formalism
D=A S
10
5. What are the salient features of difference between 201TI
SPECT and 82Rb PET imaging?
10
6. Compare and contrast the two commonly used radio
pharmaceutical 68Ga-PSMA and 18F Choline in Castration
Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC).
10
7. How radionuclide imaging helps in diagnosing:
Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.
Head neck paragangliomas.
5+5
8. Nuclear Medicine techniques in the diagnosis of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
10
9. How radionuclide imaging helps in the management of:
Solitary pulmonary nodule
Carcinoma cervix
5
5
10. Role of PET in the management of Hodgkin's lymphoma. 10