Assignment brief – QCF BTEC

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Qualification Unit number and title

BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Applied Science 20 Medical Physics

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Assignment title Radionuclide and diagnostic imagingIn this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.

Criteria reference

To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: Task no. Evidence

P3describe the production and detection of radiopharmaceuticals 1

P4 explain the role of pharmaceuticals within the operating principles of the Gamma camera 2

M2compare the desirable biological properties and radiological properties of radionuclides used for imaging

3

D2 evaluate the choice of radiopharmaceuticals for a range of clinical imaging requirements 4

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Assignment briefQualification BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Applied ScienceUnit number and title 20 Medical PhysicsAssessor name

Date issued

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Assignment title Radionuclide and diagnostic imagingUnderstand the uses radionuclides in diagnostic imaging

ScenarioThere is currently a shortage in the number of medical physicists working within the NHS. You are a medical physicist working in the radiology department of the Royal Marsden Hospital and have been approached by the Open University to help them set up an access course. The course will be designed to retrain existing hospital workers in medical physics techniques so that they can fill the shortage. The OU will provide and carry out the assessment but would like you to produce the learning information.1. The fourth module is to be on Radionuclide and diagnostic imaging and should include the

following:

Task 1(a) A step by step method from radionuclide generation to radiopharmaceutical product including chemical equations where appropriate.A labelled diagram to accompany your description.A description of the quality control procedures and an explanation of why they are necessaryA description of what sterile and apyrogenicity are and an explanation of why we would want radiopharmaceuticals to have both of these qualities.

(b) There are many different detectors used in radionuclide imaging within medical physics. Add to the work that you have done in section 1 by creating a table comparing the most commonly used detectors and what they are used to detect.

(c) Choose one of these detectors and briefly describe how it works (do not choose the gamma camera)

This provides evidence for [P3]

Task 2a) A description of what a gamma camera is, what it is used for and when it would be used. Make sure you explain the role of radiopharmaceuticals at this point. You can use any specific medical scenario if it helpsb) A labelled diagram of a gamma camera including all of the main components.c) An explanation of how it works. Make sure that you mention all of the components from your diagram and link your explanation back to the function of the gamma camera

This provides evidence for [P4]

Task 3Carry out background research into a range of the pharmaceuticals that are used in medical imaging. For each one that you identify describe and then compare the:

a) Useb) Biological propertiesc) Radiological properties

This provides evidence for [M2]

Task 4Using the research that you have carried out to achieve M2, evaluate why each radiopharmaceutical has been chosen for their specific use above all other radiopharmaceuticals.

This means state and explain the advantages and disadvantages associated with using each radiopharmaceutical.

This provides evidence for [D2]

Evidence checklist

[Summarise evidence required, e.g. ‘leaflet’, ‘presentation notes’ etc.] [tick boxes]

Description of how radionuclides are produced & detected

Annotated diagram of gamma camera operation

Comparison of the properties of different radionuclides

Evaluation of the uses of various radionuclidesSources of information

[insert useful publications, websites, etc.]