ASNC 80 Hour Radionuclide Authorized User Training Course 2023

Course Outline

The 80 Hour Course is designed to meet the requirements of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Agreement States on the didactic portion of the Training and Experience Requirements 

Section 1: Radiation Protection and Safe Radioisotope Handling

• Regulatory Requirements
• Forms of Radiation
• Radiation Units
• Radiation Protection

Section 2: Physics and Instrumentation

• SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Gamma Cameras
• SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Data Corrections
• SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Tomographic Imaging
• SPECT and Planar Nuclear Imaging – Quality Control
• PET Imaging – PET Cameras
• Dedicated PET and PET/CT Imaging – Tomographic Imaging
• PET Imaging – Quality Control
• Image Post Processing
• Tracer Kinetics
• Clinical Optimization of Radiopharmaceutical Dosing
• Application of Technology for Radiation Reduction
• Other Clinical Applications of Planar, SPECT and PET Imaging: Image Acquisition and Processing

Section 3: Radiochemistry and Radiopharmaceuticals

• Managing a Hot Lab
• Radionuclide Production and Radiopharmaceuticals
• Quality Control of Radiopharmaceutical Production Kits

Section 4: Radiation Biology

• Radiation Biology Overview
• Radiation Injury, Cell and Organ Responses
• Risk Models, Exposure Limits, Deterministic and Stochastic Effects

Section 5: Nuclear Medicine Mathematics and Statistics

• Measuring Radioactive Decay
• Shielding Calculations
• Mathematics of Imaging
• Mathematics of Radioactivity