01

Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.

02

Check and approve the quality of diagnostic images before patients are discharged.

03

Establish and enforce radiation protection standards for patients and staff.

04

Interpret imaging data and confer with other medical specialists to formulate diagnoses.

05

Prescribe radionuclides and dosages to be administered to individual patients.

06

Review procedure requests and patients' medical histories to determine applicability of procedures and radioisotopes to be used.

07

Direct nuclear medicine technologists or technicians regarding desired dosages, techniques, positions, and projections.

08

Determine appropriate tests or protocols based on patients' needs or conditions.

09

Compare nuclear medicine procedures with other types of procedures such as computed tomography, ultrasonography, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography.

10

Monitor handling of radioactive materials to ensure that established procedures are followed.

11

Monitor quality control of radionuclide preparation, administration, or disposition ensuring that activities comply with applicable regulations and standards.