Supporting Academic Learning
Two scientific papers relevant to IMRT QA written by Ben Nelms Ph.D are now available on this website. Please click on the link below to read this papers which are entitled 'NelmsZhenTome Planar QA paper 1', ' ZhenNelmsTone - MedPhysIMRTpaper2'
http://www.imagingequipment.co.uk/product/679-110/Sun-Nuclear-MapCHECK
The following presentations were acknowledged as being supported with IEL Research Funds.
British Nuclear Medicine Society, Brighton, May 2011
Nawaz S, Berry DJ, Ballinger JR, Blower PJ
A tripodal hexadentate chelator for gallium-68:comparison with other chelators which label at room temperature
Ballinger JR, Nawaz S, Berry DJ, Blower PJ
Monitoring the performance characteristics of the IGG100 gallium-68 generator
Ballinger JR
Practicalities of using the gallium-68 generator
Every year for the past three years Imaging Equipment Limited have installed a Modular Lab system for a month at the Rayne Institute, part of King's College London, at St Thomas' Hospital. 2011 is the fourth year this installation will take place. Imaging Equipment Limited and Eckert and Zeigler (the manufacturer of the Modular Lab system) have loaned the Modular Lab system for the MSc course in 'Radiopharmaceutics and PET Radiochemistry'.
This pre-validated and 'ready for use' setup of the Modular Lab is the ideal tool for standardised and reproducible synthesis of Fluoroethylcholine (FEC). Many tumours are characterised by increased cell proliferation, which is typically associated with an elevated uptake and phosphorylation of choline to form phosphoryl choline. This is a major ingredient for the formation of the mammalian cell membrane. FEC has been widely used in PET oncology for studies of cellular proliferation in prostate carcinoma over the last few years.
The purpose of the MSc course at KCL is to educate, train and equip students from chemistry, pharmacy or related backgrounds to enter employment as radiopharmaceutical scientists. This may be in a PET radiochemistry centre (cyclotron unit) or in a conventional radiopharmacy, providing diagnosis and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals to nuclear medicine centres or specialised commercial centres, or some students go on to study for a PhD in the field. The MSc is unique, not only in the UK but world-wide.
