2nd Annual Conference of KSNM: Updates in Hybrid Imaging & Nuclear Cardiology
2nd Annual Conference of KSNM: Updates in Hybrid Imaging and Nuclear Cardiology (Click on map to Enlarge) Date: 5 - 7 March 2012 Location: Missoni Hotel CME: Reg. No. 216/NM0/Mar 12. 16 CME credits category 1 Speakers: D. Schuster-USA, J. Maddahi-USA, M. Mallah-KSA, J. Vitola- Brazil, K. Hoefnagel-Holland, R. Almazrou-KSA, M. Zubaid-Kuwait, M. Osman-USA, S. Sassi- KSA. To download the pre-final...
January 17th, 2012
Workshop 2 : Management of Radioactive Waste in Hospitals
Lectures: Transport of Radioactive Material - Josef Neubaur Storage of Radioactive Waste - Josef Neubaur Treatment of Hospital Waste - Josef Neubaur National Policy and Strategy on Radioactive Waste Management - Josef Neubaur Risks with SRS - Josef Neubaur Strategic Options for the Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources - Josef Neubaur Management of Radioactive Waste in Kuwait Cancer Control...
June 22nd, 2010
Workshop: Management of Radioactive Waste from Hospitals
Workshop: Management of Radioactive Waste from Hospitals Date: 7-8 June 2010 Time: 9am-1pm in KISR with Collobaration with Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA). No more Online Registration, see you there!
May 3rd, 2010
3rd GNMC: Lectures
Kuwait Society of Nuclear medicine and the Organizing committee of the 3rd Gulf Nuclear Medicine Conference; would like to provide you the lectures that were given by our guest and local speakers during this conference (which was held during the period of 29th March to 1st April, 2009) Lectures: (in pdf format). (more…)
April 13th, 2009
Basics of PET-CT
The Best of Both Worlds PET-CT is the fusion of functional and anatomic information acquired almost simultaneously that lets us see the body and disease in a way that is diagnostically very powerful. By combing the structural anatomic information with functional data, we are able to visualize form and function. An understanding of the normal and benign as well as the pitfalls and artifacts is essential...
December 6th, 2008
Basics of FDG
18F-FDG: [18]F-flourodeoxyglucose (FDG) Imaging 18F -FDG is a glucose analog with replacement of the oxygen in C-2 position with 18-fluorine. Though it behaves as glucose in many situations, there are some important differences that should be understood. Uptake Just as glucose, FDG is actively transported into the cell mediated by a group of structurally related glucose transport proteins (GLUT). Once...
December 6th, 2008
What is CME?
Definition: Continuing Medical Education (CME) consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession. The content of CME is that body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within...
December 3rd, 2008
Education
Continious education and researches are the main factor in our field and experience. Our aims are big, and our goals are even bigger. Physicians, technologists and all other professions in the Nuclear Medicine are erged to continue their education and practice/experience to improve and be up to date with everything that is new in this field.
December 1st, 2008
Nuclear Medicine, how does it work?!
In hospitals or on TV, you’ve probably seen patients undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, and doctors ordering PET scans to diagnose patients. These are part of the medical specialty called nuclear medicine. Nuclear medicine uses radioactive substances to image the body and treat disease. It looks at both the physiology (functioning) and the anatomy of the body in establishing diagnosis...
December 1st, 2008
