FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2016
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PAPER IV
NM/J/16/24/IV
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. Filters in Nuclear Medicine and their applications.
Avalanche Photodiode Vs Silicon photodiodes.
5+5
2. Phase analysis.
Partial volume effect and its corrections.
5+5
3. Scintigraphic imaging of dementia.
O15 generator
5+5
4. Theragnostic and its future.
Importance of PET in drug development.
5+5
5. Importance of decay scheme
Decay scheme of 99mTc and Lu177 .

6. What do you mean by GMP?
Elaborate the guidelines pertaining to In-House production
of Radio-pharmaceuticals.
5+5
7. Significance of isolation ward with effective disposal of excreta
as per AERB norms.
10
8. 18F-Tau imaging
18F-FET
5+5
9. Regulations pertaining to transport of radioactive material
Role of AERB and ICRP in Nuclear Medicine.
5+5
10. Genomics of thyroid cancer. 10