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Course, academic year 2024/2025
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Radiopharmacy - GF248
Title: Radiofarmaka
Guaranteed by: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (16-16170)
Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2021 to 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:written
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:28/28, C+Ex [HS]
Capacity: unlimited / 72 (72)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Explanation: (F 4.r.)
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. PharmDr. František Trejtnar, CSc.
Comes under: 4.ročník 2024/25 Farmacie
Annotation -
The aim of the subject is to apprise students theoretically and practically with preparation, control and clinical applications of radiopharmaceuticals. Attention is also paid to the use of radiolabeled compounds in research and other areas. A practical session aimed at preparation and radiochemical control of a model radiopharmaceutical is an important component of the subject. An excursion to department of nuclear medicine is also involved in the teaching. Themes: Structure of atom, Decay schemes, Interaction of ionizing radiation with biological systems, Production of radiopharmaceuticals, Quality control of radiopharmaceuticals, Clinical applications of radiopharmaceuticals.
Last update: Trejtnar František, prof. PharmDr., CSc. (28.09.2022)
Course completion requirements -

The study course is finalized by a written exam. A condition to enter into examination process is a credit based on attendace of obligatory seminars, practical session and excursion to clinical radiopharmaceutical facility.    

Last update: Trejtnar František, prof. PharmDr., CSc. (28.09.2022)
Literature -

Recommended:

Last update: prepocet_literatura.php (19.09.2024)
Teaching methods -
Lectures, seminars, practical session, excursion to a clinical facility.
Last update: Trejtnar František, prof. PharmDr., CSc. (28.09.2022)
Requirements to the exam -

To obtain credit.

Last update: Trejtnar František, prof. PharmDr., CSc. (28.09.2022)
Syllabus -

Lectures

Physics of radioactivity

  • Atom structure

  • Radioactive decay

  • Rules of radioactive conversions

Basis of radioactivity measurement

  • Gas-filled radioactivity detectors

  • Scintillation detectors

  • Instruments for in vivo counting and imaging

Production of radionuclides

  • Production in nuclear reactors

  • Production in cyclotrons

  • Radionuclide generators

Characteristics of radiopharmaceuticals

  • Definition of radiopharmaceuticals

  • Ideal characteristics of radiopharmaceuticals

Quality control of radiopharmaceuticals

  • Possibility of biologic testing

  • Physicochemical tests

  • Evaluation of radionuclide purity

  • Evaluation of radiochemical purity

Industrial production of radiopharmaceuticals

  • Primary medical radionuclides

  • Radiolabeled compounds for clinical use

  • Application of radionuclide generators

  • Kits for radiopharmaceutical preparations

     

Preparation of radiopharmaceuticals in hospitals

  • Ready-for-use radiopharmaceuticals

  • Radiopharmaceuticals prepared from kits

  • Radiopharmaceuticals prepared directly in relation to administration

  • Radiopharmaceuticals based on biological samples from patients

  • Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals

  • Indium-111radiopharmaceuticals

  • Short-living radiopharmaceuticals

Diagnostic applications of radiopharmaceuticals

  • Diagnostics of CNS disorders

  • Diagnostics of renal diseases

  • Diagnostic use of radiopharmaceuticals in cardiology

  • Lung imaging

  • Evaluation of liver functions

  • Diagnostics of bone pathologies

  • Evaluation of thyroid function

  • Imaging of cancer

  • Imaging of infection and inflammation

Therapeutic applications of radiopharmaceuticals

  • Treatment of myeloproliferative diseases

  • Treatment of thyroid disorders

  • Radiotherapy of arthritis

  • Palliative treatment of metastases

  • Use of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies and receptor-specific peptides

 

Practical exercises

  • Measurement of radioactivity

  • Calculation of radioactive conversions

  • Work with radionuclide generator

  • Preparation of radiopharmaceuticals

  • Control of radiochemical and radionuclide purity

  • Excursion to department of nuclear medicine

Last update: Trejtnar František, prof. PharmDr., CSc. (28.09.2022)
Learning outcomes -

The course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in the courses: Biophysics/Physical Pharmacy I, Pharmacology I, Pharmacology II.

Based on the acquired knowledge and skills, students will:

• Explain the physical principles that apply to the decay of atomic nuclei, and describe the types of elementary particles in the structure of the atom and the causes of the emission of radioactive radiation

• Define the rules of radioactive decay and individual types of radioactive transformations

• Characterize the methods of detecting radioactivity and describe the instruments for its measurement in the laboratory and in vivo in clinical practice

• Evaluate the possibilities of preparing radionuclides in nuclear reactors, cyclotrons and generators

• Define the concept of radiopharmaceutical and its optimal properties for practical use in clinical practice

• Explain the concepts of radionuclide purity and radiochemical purity of radiopharmaceuticals and methods of determining these quantities

• Characterize the biological effects of individual types of radioactive radiation in connection with their practical use

• State the clinical use of radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis of diseases of the central nervous system, pulmonary diseases, liver functions, bone pathologies, in cardiology and in the diagnosis of kidney diseases

• They define the types of radiopharmaceuticals used in the imaging of oncological lesions and in the treatment of oncological diseases

• During practical exercises they demonstrate the ability to prepare the selected radiopharmaceutical and verify its quality

Last update: Trejtnar František, prof. PharmDr., CSc. (11.06.2025)
 
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