Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques REPLICA ASL FROSINONE

Learning chromatographic techniques for radiopharmaceutical quality control. ITLC HPLC Techniques and quality control for labeling leukocytes, platelets, and red blood cells. Blood cultures for radiopharmaceutical sterility Pyrogen tests Trypan Blue test for cell viability Use of the optical microscope for cell counting Spontaneous release test of radiopharmaceuticals from cells Visual inspection Calculation of labeling efficiency and specific activity of a radiopharmaceutical Hydrophilic/hydrophobic partitioning test

Knowledge of radiopharmaceuticals and their quality controls.

Lecture notes and teacher handouts

5-day practical training at an accredited laboratory

The student's ability to perform various tests for quality control of radiopharmaceuticals will be assessed.

Encyclopedia of Nuclear Medicine (Elsevier publisher; Signore A. Editor) volume 1, chapters 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Theoretical and practical test in laboratory