Nuclear Medicine Technology

This is a 12-month certificate program that prepares technologists to inject radio- pharmaceuticals and use high technical cameras and computers in a clinical setting.

Education requirements include:

• Registered Radiologic Technologist, Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, or registry eligible
  (the student will be required to pass the registry before entrance into the nuclear medicine program) - or -
  
  
• Certified Medical Technologist - or -
  
  
• Registered Nurse - or -
  
  
• Associates Degree in a medical imaging profession with current registry or licensure whose courses should include anatomy, human physiology, medical terminology, chemistry (basic), physics (basic), English, oral communications, introduction to computers, and algebra - or -
  
  
• Bachelor’s Degree in an allied health or health science field (i.e. Biology, Chemistry, Biophysics) whose courses include anatomy, human physiology, medical terminology, chemistry (basic), physics (basic), English, oral communications, introduction to computers, and algebra.

Note: All applicants are required to have had and completed the following college courses: basic chemistry, algebra and English, introduction to computers, and speech or oral communications with a passing grade of a "C." A cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale is required from post-secondary education.

The Nuclear Medicine Technology program is located in connection with the Department of Radiology and the The University of Kansas Hospital for clinical instruction while aspects of the academic program, including application and student services, are handled by the University of Kansas. The program was first available as an academic program in the School of Allied Health in 2000.  

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) reveals metastatic breast cancer in a patient. The PET scanner at KU was the first one in the state of Kansas as well as the Kansas City metropolitan area