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NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY Spring 2025 Schedule Tamra Rocsko, MEd, CNMT, ARRT (N), Program Director Office 354-6071 Cell 208-841-2533 Email: tlrocsko@actx.edu
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NMTT-2333-001 Advanced Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Fusion Technology
Prerequisite: NMTT 2209
Advanced study in the field of positron emission tomography and fusion technology.
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(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)
Online Course
COURSE GOALS/OBJECTIVES
The student should complete each of the following goals as evaluated by the faculty by using the course textbooks, personal notes, handouts, and other course materials deemed necessary
Learn the terms, facts, theories, principles, and procedures related to each major organ system.
Apply knowledge learned within the classroom to the assigned clinical environment.
Evaluate the learning experience based on quizzes, major exams, assignments, discussion board, classroom activities, outside activities.
Learn basic radiation principles and safety precautions in regard to patient care
Review PET physics.
Identify radiopharmaceuticals used in PET.
Describe the uses of radiopharmaceuticals in PET.
Describe design of PET scanners, dedicated and hybrid.
Describe detectors used in PET.
Describe data acquisition in PET.
Describe how PET data is displayed.
Describe quantitative information from PET image formation.
Analyze the theory behind fusion technology in relation to image fusion.
Evaluate x-ray physics and x-ray production from CT scanners.
Evaluate CT image reconstruction and image data acquisition.
Describe CT image display and CT imaging protocols.
Conduct research and write a paper on CT protocols.
Describe anatomic relationships as depicted on three-dimensional images.
Define transverse, coronal, and sagittal image reconstructions.
Identify anatomy on any given image.
Name the anatomical structures located within the head and neck.
Describe the relationship of each anatomical structure in the head and neck to surrounding structures.
Describe the function of each anatomical structure in the head and neck.
Locate each anatomical structure on CT, MR and ultrasound images in the transverse axial, coronal, sagittal and orthogonal (oblique) cross-sectional imaging planes.
Name the anatomical structures located within the thorax.
Describe the relationship of each thoracic structure to surrounding structures.
Describe the function of each anatomical structure located within the thorax.
Locate each anatomical structure of the thorax on CT, MR and ultrasound images in the transverse axial, coronal, sagittal and oblique imaging planes.
List and describe the function of each anatomical structure located within the abdomen and pelvis.
Describe the relationship of each anatomical structure in the abdomen and pelvis to surrounding structures.
Locate each anatomical structure of the abdomen and pelvis on CT, MR, PET and ultrasound images in the axial, coronal, sagittal and oblique planes.
Name and describe the function of each anatomical structure located in the upper and lower extremities.
Locate each anatomical structure in the upper and lower extremities on CT and MR images in the transverse axial, coronal, sagittal and oblique planes.
Pass all major exams and other graded assignments with final passing grade of 79.5 C or better.
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If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
MAKE-UP POLICY
If a student is absent on the day of a major exam, the work will be graded as follows:
NOTE: Other arrangements may be made with instructor’s permission on a case-by-case basis. It is the sole responsibility of the student to communicate the need for other options regarding make-up policies.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE
The last day to drop or withdrawal is provided on the college Web site.
NOTE: Nuclear medicine technology students who withdrawal from this course will be delayed in completing the major components on the AAS degree in nuclear medicine.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. It is the responsibility of the student to "attend" this online class so that learning objectives are met successfully.
SMART WATCHES/PHONES/PAGERS/LAPTOPS/OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES DURING ONLINE TESTING unless being used as a secondary device to record your screen.
Cell phones/smart watches and other electronic devices are not allowed during online testing. Only the computer on which you are taking the exam, a calculator, a pen pr pencil, and one piece of scratch paper are allowed in your in home testing area. Student must complete an environment scan including both sides of the paper at the beginning and end of the scan. No other humans may be in the testing area with you. You may not leave during an exam. See handbook.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
In order to meet course requirements, any student, who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements.
Contact disability Services at 345-5639 for any special need.
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
A student who may have concerns or problems with the course or course instructor should make every attempt to resolve the problem with the course instructor. In the event that it is not successful, the student may appeal the decision of the instructor to the program director, then the chairperson of the Allied Health Division, the Dean of Instruction, and the College President, in that order.
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Please refer to the Students Rights and Responsibilities publication of Amarillo College (Web site or hard copy available in student services).
Students are responsible for maintaining all aspects set forth within the publication so that professionalism is maintained.
THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT IS ONLINE
Mutual respect is foremost in this online classroom. Please make yourself at home within the online classroom, regarding your peers and instructors with utmost respect.
Students should feel free to express ideas/thoughts without making others in the online classroom feel uncomfortable.
AC ONLINE COMMUNICATION
Use your personal account to check grades, emails, download course lecture material, etc. through BlackBoard. Students who are not prepared because they do not log onto BlackBoard to review modules, course material, assignment deadlines, and exam content will not be granted leniency.
Students are responsible for checking their accounts daily so that communication about program/course information is current.
Students may also use any of the instructor contact information provided on the syllabus or classroom schedule provided each semester.
Since this is an online class, it is imperative that the student communicate with the instructor. Email is the best option.
As per the handbook and the AC student code of conduct, no form of cheating or plagiarism will be tolerated. ZERO TOLERANCE.
REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS
The course will consist of the following activities to be scored for course credit:
1. Major Exams-may contain previous semester content (70%)
2. Assignments/Quizzes and Discussion Board (30%)
NOTE: Chapter objectives, key terms, summary, and a study guide will be utilized and turned in by each student prior to each exam. Failure to turn in chapter objectives, key terms, and a study guide will result in a drop in a letter grade (10 points) for each exam.
3. Final Exam (counts as major exam)
NOTE: The course content is comprehensive in nature so that students are expected to carry information from one semester to the next.
4. A passing grade for each exam is expected. If a student does not pass an exam, the student is assigned an "at risk score", prompting them to engage in mandatory remediation (review) for the exam that the student did not pass. The remediation must be completed prior to moving on to the next exam. Remediation is due at the next class meeting on campus. 2% for each day, for each remediation, it is late, will be deducted from your overall final grade. Remediation is elaborating on the correct answer, you may not submit just the question and the answer. Any grade below an 80 requires remediation. Exams are available for review and remediation ON CAMPUS. Review of online exams at home while a student is on campus reviewing the exam will result in immediate expulsion from the program. Taking pictures of an exam or writing the whole exam down during remediation will result in immediate expulsion from the program. All phones and smart watches must be put away during remediation or any exam review. Reviewing exams from home is not permitted and is considered cheating. There is a zero tolerance for viewing exams at home. BB reports are run to verify. Taking pictures of an exam,writing an entire exam down, asking for answers during an exam, copying and pasting an exam, screen shots of an exam, are all considered cheating. Passing information from an exam to a student (first or second year) that has not taken the exam is cheating. There is zero tolerance for cheating and you will be removed immediately. You may not wear a hat or cap during an exam and arms and palms of hands must be visible. You may not leave during an exam. You must have an adequate environment scan if testing online (see handbook).
5. NO ROUNDING
6. Students shall not discuss the exam contents to students who have not yet taken the exam, this is considered cheating.
7. If an assignment/discussion board/quiz is not completed in time for a grade (by the due date), the student shall receive a zero in the grade book, that is the grade unless arrangements have been made with the instructor at which it may be accepted for a reduced grade of 75 highest; regardless the assignment must still be completed and turned in and assessed (not for a grade, only feedback) in order to proceed to the exam and next assignment. All assignments must be completed in order to pass the course. If all assignments and exams are not completed it will result in an ‘F’ for the course and the student will have to repeat the course causing a delay in graduation. Assignments are not for the instructors grading pleasure, it is because the content on the assignments will be on the national board exam and in the capstone course. When information is missing from an assignment and feedback is left in the grade book for what needs to be corrected, the student has 48 hours to email the missing information to the instructor or the grade will be changed to a zero. It is the students responsibility to check Blackboard everyday. For example if you log on on Tuesday and there is in no bubble indicating feedback, but there is a bubble on Wednesday indicating feedback was left, you have until Friday at midnight to submit the missing information.
8. Copying and pasting from the notes I provide is not acceptable and will be considered as plagiarism. While certainly you may use the notes I provide to answer DB questions or use for any assignment, you must put it in your own words. You certainly may work together to complete assignments and answer DB questions, however, you may not turn in the same assignments by copying and pasting each others work. If you work together but break it down into your own words. Turing in the same assignment is considered cheating.
NOTE on Plagiarism. Copying my notes word for word or the text book is plagiarism, you must paraphrase it in your own words. Copying another students assignment, even if you worked together is cheating and plagiarism. Self-plagiarism is also considered cheating. If you are repeating this course, you may not turn in the same work from the course you failed. This is self-plagiarism and is not allowed. Self-plagiarism is grounds for removal from the class with a final grade of an F. The course cannot be repeated, so you are then removed from the program. In order to avoid self plagiarism, all assignments in repeated courses must be hand written if they were originally typed, and typed if they were originally hand written.
Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are handwritten.
In order to satisfy the program objectives, a cumulative exam (content from previous semesters) may be given and must be passed. This is a pass/fail exam and will be given in the same week as the course final exam. The student will get two attempts. If the exam is not passed, the student will be removed from the program.
FINAL GRADE EVALUATION (NO ROUNDING of grade)
A= 94.5-100 C=80-84.4
B=84.5-94.4 F=less than 80
MAKE-UP POLICY
If a student is absent on the day of a major exam, the work will be graded as follows:
1. In order to be fair to students who take scheduled exams at the designated time, makeup exams will lose 15% of the original value. The second missed exam is 20%, the third 25%, and so on.
2. Major exams must be made up within one school day.
NOTE: Other arrangements may be made with instructor’s permission on a case-by-case basis. It is the sole responsibility of the student to communicate the need for other options regarding make-up policies.
STUDENTS MEET COURSE OBJECTIVES.
Calendar:
COURSE OUTLINE PET/CT Fusion and Cross Sectional Anatomy
All assignments due Sunday before final due date of exam on Monday
Week 1-Aug 23.
Course Syllabus, Acknowledgement Form, and overview of class.
Module one:
Reading Assignments:
Big text CH 4 PET RP’s only, CH 5 radiation safety, CH 13 PET Instrumentation
Review Book CH 1, page 41 Positron Emission, page 59 PET, CH 7 through page 70 stop at CT, and CH 21 page 205-214 stop at imaging applications (chapter summary will be required for each section you are instructed to read in the Review book)
Review of PET Physics, radiotracers and their uses; PET Instrumentation-Scanner Design & Detectors, QC; radiation safety review. Assignments and Discussion Board due by 8-29 at 11:59 PM. Study guide, key terms, summary, and ch objectives (CH 13 and CH 5) due by 8-29 at 11:59 PM.
Exam one over module one due 8-30 at 11:59 pm.
Week 2-Aug 30
Module 2:
Reading Assignments:
Big text CH 15, CH 16 page 421 clinical PET Neuro, CH 19 page 509 PET Cardio
Review Book CH 17 page 158, CH 21 page 214-217 STOP at cardiac and nuero applications, START again on page 222 at Artifacts through rest of chapter (summary of reading will be due)
Quick Reference Guide pages 69-82, 133-138, 271-276, and 382-284
Clinical PET: Oncology (tumor and skeletal imaging), Cardiology (MPI and viability, Neurology (brain, tumor, Alzheimer). Assignments and Discussion Board due by 9-5 at 11:59 PM. Study guide, key terms, summary, and ch objectives (CH 13) due by 9-5 at 11:59 PM.
Major Exam II-Content from Module 1 and 2 due 9-6 11:59 pm
Week 3 Sept 6
Module 3- PET acquisition, fusion, interpretation values, and display methods. Discussion Board A and B due by 9-12 at 11:59 PM.
Week 4 Sept 14
Module 4-
Reading Assignments:
Big text CH 12
Review book CH 7 page 70-75
CT concepts, the physics of X-ray, CT scanner design, CT scanner instrumentation/QC, CT terms relevant to acquisition/procedure, CT image reconstruction, CT procedure on the NMTCB procedure list. Assignments and Discussion Board A and B due by 9-19 at 11:59 PM. Study guide, key terms, summary, and ch objectives (CH 12) due by 9-19 at 11:59 PM.
Exam three over Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 due on Sept 20 at 11:59 pm.
Weeks 5-6 Research Assignment CT protocols due 10-4
Week 7-8 off
Week 9 Fall Break Oct 18-24
Start of Cross Sectional Anatomy ALL exams open book with webcam
Week 10 Oct 25 Ch 1 Intro, NO DB, exam due Nov 1
Week 11 Nov 1 Ch 2 Head DB due Nov 7 exam due Nov 8
Week 12 Nov 8 Ch 3 & 4 Face & Neck DB due Nov 14 exam due Nov 15
Week 13 Nov 15 Ch 5 Thorax DB due Nov 21 exam due Nov 22
Week 14 Nov 22 Ch 6 Abdomen, NO DB, exam due Nov 29
Week 15 Nov 29 Ch 7 Pelvis DB due Dec 5 exam due Dec 6
Week 16 Dec 6 Ch 8 Vertebral DB due Dec 12 exam due Dec 13
Week 17 Dec 13 Final exam week due Dec 16 at noon
THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE SYLLABUS OR CALENDAR AS NECESSARY TO HELP STUDENTS MEET COURSE OBJECTIVES.
The course content is aligned with the Master Educational Plan of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Program at Amarillo College.
In addition, the lecture content aligns with the task analysis of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board and The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
The Nuclear Medicine Technology program at Amarillo College is fully accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Nuclear Medicine Technology.
Additional Information:
AC-Connect Online (BlackBoard)) Communication-www.actx.edu
This is the major source for program communication.
Students will use the AC Online personal account to check grades, e-mails, etc. Students are responsible for checking their accounts daily so that communication about program/course information is current.
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Student Injuries Information (class and clinical)
https://www.actx.edu/allied_health/index.php?module=article&id=33
HB 1508 Statement
Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact your advisor, the legal clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
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