Here you will find resources and pages that the Society has been involved in that assists with understanding Nuclear Medicine in Australia/New Zealand.
 
Joint Practice Guidelines / Procedure Standards
 
 
The purpose of this guideline is to assist medical, nursing and nuclear medicine staff to prepare and manage people living with diabetes undergoing a PET scan. This guideline is for the provision of advice only and does not replace clinical decision making in individual patients or specific protocols adapted for individual centres. 
 
b.  EANM/SNMMI/ANZSNM Immunotherapy practice guidelines/procedure standards (2022)
 
The goal of this guideline/procedure standard is to assist nuclear medicine physicians, other nuclear medicine professionals, oncologists or other medical specialists for recommended use of [18F]FDG PET/CT in oncological patients undergoing immunotherapy, with special focus on response assessment in solid tumors. Read the full guidelines here 
 

 

d. Reports   
 

Extract: The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021 put a significant strain on our community in many areas and has highlighted the fragile nature of global transportation. In nuclear medicine, the reliance on the importation of short-lived radionuclides for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications in clinical medicine has also been dramatically affected. The Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (ANZSNM) asked the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) of the society to investigate the potential role and characteristics of a national cyclotron dedicated to producing the clinical radionuclides that are currently imported and which have been impacted by the limitations in global transportation. The Scientific Advisory Panel conducted a survey of users to assess current and future potential needs for the currently imported radionuclides. While a fully-fledged business case is beyond the expertise of the panel, it was found that future demand for these radionuclides would continue and would potentially increase if there were an assured domestic production and supply chain. More importantly, the reliance on importation can result in a lack of sustainable supply of radiopharmaceuticals to patients, resulting in suboptimal patient management and subsequent increased health care costs.

Extract:The IAEA convened the first formal meeting of the Lancet Oncology Commission in 2018 to examine worldwide access and analyse barriers to imaging and nuclear medicine services for optimal cancer care.One of the co-authors was Dr Andrew Scott of the ANZSNM.

 

 
Access the Society Archive page here to see past reports, photos, awards, honours and much more.
 
Books
 
ISOTOPES, IMAGING AND IDENTITY. The History of Nuclear Medicine in Australia and New Zealand, as documented by Paul A.C. Richards  
Download a digital copy of the book HERE.
 
 
 
Paediatric Nuclear Medicine Colouring-in Book
 

Raju’s colouring-in book was designed by second-year nuclear medicine students at the University of South Australia, Ruby Holman and Rebecca Mangelsen to provide children, aged 4-10, with an educational distraction whilst visiting the nuclear medicine department. Through games and interactive questions, our book provides a tour of a typical nuclear medicine department and describes a general nuclear medicine procedure. Our goal is to provide children with information about their visit to alleviate patient anxiety, ultimately improving their clinical experience. The book introduces children to terms such as “gamma camera” and “technologist” in a fun and engaging way.

 
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Copies of these booklets are available upon request here

 

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Gamma Gazette
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Radiopharmaceuticals
 
 
Online Courses