1. Knowledge and ability to understand medical-nuclear diagnostic pathways in the context of major organs and apparatus diseases.
2. Applied knowledge and ability to understand clinical indications for SPECT and PET/CT imaging studies and integration of medical-nuclear diagnostics into diagnostic and treatment pathways .
3. Autonomy of judgment in evaluating the appropriateness of nuclear medical investigations .
4. Be able to communicate with clarity of exposition the procedures used in nuclear medicine in specific clinical settings.
5. Have developed learning skills that are necessary to undertake the correct diagnostic procedure in the context of specific clinical pictures.

Medical Physics: Ionizing Radiation and Radiobiology. Pathophysiology.

Introduction to nuclear medical imaging.
Principles of radiopharmacy and presentation of the main SPECT/TC and PET/TC technologies used in clinical practice. Illustration of the main clinical indications for nuclear medical diagnostics in oncologic and nononcologic settings.

1. Fondamenti di Medicina Nucleare . Editors: Duccio Volterrani, Giuliano Mariani, Paola Anna Erba. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1685-9. Springer-Verlag Milan 2010
2. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Editors: Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar, Hans-Jürgen Biersack, Leonard M. Freeman, Lionel S. Zuckier DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39457-8. Springer Cham

Introduction to nuclear medicine imaging : Radiopharmaceuticals and SPECT / TC and PET / TC technology
Clinical applications in the pathologies of the following systems :
Central nervous system: SPECT and PET / TC in the diagnosis of dementia, parkinsonism, resistant drug epilepsy, brain tumors.
Respiratory system: perfusion pulmonary scintigraphy
Cardiovascular system: SPECT / TC and PET / TC in ischemic heart disease and cardiomyopathy.
Osteoarticular system: segmental bone scintigraphy and whole body bone scintigraphy in benign bone diseases and in the diagnosis of skeletal metastases.
Urinary Tract: Dynamic and statica kidney scintigraphy . Indirect cystoscintigraphy.
Gastro-enteric system: scintigraphy for the search for occult intestinal bleeding, salivary gland scintigraphy, scintigraphy for Meckel's diverticulous suspicion.
Endocrine glands: thyroid scintigraphy, parathyroid scintigraphy, adrenal gland scintigraphy, whole body scintigraphy for the study of gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Infections and Inflammations: scintigraphy with labeled autologous leukocytes ; PET / TC with 18F-FDG
Nuclear Medicine in the Oncology: Conventional nuclear medicine (SPECT / TC): Radioguided Surgery Techniques in Breast Cancer and Melanoma;
Positron emission tomography (PET / CT): Oncology applications with 18-F-FDG and non-FDG radiopharmaceuticals (eg head-colon, lung, lymphomas, gastro-entero-pancreatic system, breast, prostate etc. )

Frontal lecture and optional observational internship in the ASUGI Nuclear Medicine department in the Cattinara Hospital .

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The evaluation grid adopted is as follows:
Nuclear Medicine :
-Excellent (30 -30 cum laude): excellent knowledge of the topics, expressed with appropriateness of specific language. The student is able to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and in particular knows the indications, contribution and limits of the nuclear medical techniques dealt with during the course in the context of the pathologies of interest, as well as knowing the basics of the physics of ionising radiation and physiopathology.
-Very good (27 -29): good knowledge of the topics, expressed with appropriateness of specific language. The student is able to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and in particular knows the indications, contribution and limits of the nuclear medical techniques dealt with during the course in the context of the pathologies of interest, as well as knowing the basics of the physics of ionising radiation and pathophysiology.
-Good (24-26): fair knowledge of the topics, expressed with fair appropriateness of specific language. The student is able to apply the theoretical knowledge in some concrete cases and in particular knows the main indications, the contribution and the main limits of the nuclear medical techniques dealt with during the course in the context of the pathologies of interest, as well as knowing the basics of the physics of ionising radiation and pathophysiology
-Sufficient (18-23): The student does not show full knowledge of the topics covered of which he/she knows some fundamental aspects, satisfactory appropriateness of language, sufficient knowledge of the indications and contribution of the nuclear medical techniques covered and knowledge of the basics of the physics of ionising radiation and pathophysiology.
-Insufficient (<18): the student does not have adequate knowledge of the content of the course syllabus.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)