This professional reading assignment requires one article from a recent (preferably within the last 5 years) acceptable professional journal to be chosen, read, and reviewed by the student. Professional journals include The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Radiologic Technology, Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, and Clinical Nuclear Medicine. (The RT Image, Radiology Today, and the Advance are news magazines and are not acceptable sources of articles for this assignment.) The article must be about SPECT, SPECT/CT Imaging, PACS, image processing, or Computers in Nuclear Medicine. If unsure about whether an article meets these criteria, please ask the instructor for approval. It must be a peer reviewed article (authors listed, date of submission, date of acceptance, etc). No editorial comments, invited commentary, case study presentations, or organization reports are acceptable. A copy of the article MUST be included or points will be deducted. You may use the journals on the bookshelf or access the journal articles on-line through your SNMMI memberships. You can also search for journals though the UF library page. There is a free online journal database. If you have trouble locating an article, please let me know. A cover page MUST be included. The structure should be as follows:

Name of article

Author(s) (all included)

Publication (be sure to include volume number and date of publication, issue)

Section I

Introduction/Background (if there are terms that need explained or if current procedures or policy need to be described for clarity when discussing the article)

Section II

Summary of each section of the article (except for the abstract)

Section III

Interpretation of the article (what the author(s) is/are wanting to express)

Section IV

Opinion of the article and how it pertains to nuclear medicine as you have experienced it.

The paper needs to be typed, 3 – 5 pages in length (including the cover page), and double spaced. You must attach a copy of the article or properly cite the web link to the full article online in order to get full credit. You will be graded on grammar, spelling, your summarization of the article, and your conclusions about the article. Please be sure to explain how it is relevant to nuclear medicine. Your completed paper and copy of the article must be submitted by the due date above. Early submissions are encouraged.