ASNC Nuclear Cardiology Board Prep 2025
Comprehensive CBNC Certification & Nuclear Cardiology Review Program
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course 2025 is a comprehensive, board-focused educational program designed for physicians preparing for certification or recertification in nuclear cardiology.
Built around the CBNC examination blueprint, this advanced review course delivers:
- Nuclear cardiology board preparation
- SPECT and PET imaging review
- Nuclear physics education
- Radiation safety training
- Stress testing protocols
- Myocardial perfusion and viability imaging
- Cardiac amyloidosis and sarcoidosis imaging
- Multimodality cardiovascular imaging integration
through recorded educational material. Live attendance, publisher-hosted interactive exams, and faculty interaction are not included with this file listing.
The curriculum emphasizes practical cardiovascular imaging interpretation, clinical application, and exam-focused preparation aligned with modern nuclear cardiology practice.
📦 Original Provider Program Features
🎥 Live Virtual Meeting Recordings
Includes recordings from the two-day virtual meeting:
- 📅 September 27–28
- Extensive review of practice exam answers
- Live Q&A with expert nuclear cardiologists and physicists
📚 Self-Study Materials
- 19 video lectures
- Audio access included
- Downloadable PDF slide sets
📝 Provider-Hosted Practice Exams
- 4 interactive practice exams
- More than 160 board-style questions
- Retakes are a provider-platform feature, not an included file entitlement
👨⚕️ Target Audience
This course is ideal for:
- Cardiologists
- Nuclear medicine physicians
- Radiologists
- Cardiovascular imaging specialists
- Physicians preparing for CBNC certification or recertification
It is especially valuable for clinicians seeking:
✔️ Nuclear cardiology board review
✔️ PET and SPECT interpretation training
✔️ Radiation safety education
✔️ Advanced cardiovascular molecular imaging review
✔️ CBNC exam preparation
🧠 Program Overview
Nuclear cardiology remains central to modern cardiovascular imaging for:
- Ischemia evaluation
- Coronary artery disease assessment
- Viability imaging
- Cardiac amyloidosis detection
- Inflammatory heart disease evaluation
- Functional myocardial assessment
This ASNC board review course provides:
✔️ Blueprint-aligned exam preparation
✔️ Advanced nuclear imaging education
✔️ Practical image interpretation training
✔️ Radiation physics and quality control review
✔️ Patient-centered imaging strategies
The program integrates foundational nuclear cardiology principles with clinically relevant interpretation and board-style problem-solving.
🎯 Learner Objectives
Participants will learn how to:
✔️ Review nuclear physics concepts related to cardiovascular imaging instrumentation
✔️ Explain SPECT and PET image acquisition, processing, and quality control
✔️ Recognize and identify nuclear imaging artifacts
✔️ Discuss radionuclide production and radiopharmaceutical management
✔️ Integrate radiation safety standards into clinical nuclear cardiology practice
✔️ Apply patient-centered imaging and appropriate use principles
✔️ Understand exercise and pharmacologic stress testing protocols and contraindications
✔️ Incorporate risk stratification into nuclear imaging selection
✔️ Assess myocardial viability, cardiac amyloidosis, and ventricular function using nuclear imaging
✔️ Understand PET imaging applications for perfusion, viability, and sarcoidosis assessment
✔️ Interpret SPECT and PET perfusion and metabolic imaging studies
✔️ Identify extracardiac findings on SPECT and PET-CT imaging
✔️ Integrate nuclear cardiology into multimodality cardiovascular imaging evaluation
🧩 Core Topics Covered
⚛️ Nuclear Physics & Imaging Instrumentation
- Nuclear imaging physics
- Cardiovascular imaging systems
- Detector technology and instrumentation
🖥️ SPECT & PET Imaging
- Image acquisition
- Image reconstruction
- Image processing
- Quality control and optimization
⚠️ Artifact Recognition & Troubleshooting
- Motion artifacts
- Attenuation artifacts
- Technical interpretation pitfalls
💉 Radiopharmaceuticals & Radionuclides
- Radiotracer production
- Clinical applications of radiopharmaceuticals
- Safe handling protocols
☢️ Radiation Safety
- Radiation protection principles
- Clinical safety standards
- Dose reduction strategies
🏃 Stress Testing Protocols
- Exercise stress testing
- Pharmacologic stress testing
- Contraindications and complications
❤️ Myocardial Perfusion & Viability Imaging
- Ischemia assessment
- Myocardial perfusion interpretation
- Metabolic viability imaging
🧬 Cardiac Amyloidosis & Sarcoidosis
- PET imaging for infiltrative cardiomyopathies
- Inflammatory cardiac disease evaluation
🫀 Ventricular Function Imaging
- Functional cardiac imaging
- Gated SPECT and PET assessment
🔍 Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging
- Integration with CT, MRI, and echocardiography
- Patient-centered imaging selection
📚 Practice Exams & Board Review
- CBNC-style assessments
- Board-focused image interpretation
- Exam answer discussions and Q&A
📚 Educational Features
✔️ CBNC Blueprint-Aligned Curriculum
Structured specifically around certification examination objectives.
✔️ Extensive Interactive Practice Exams
More than 160 questions reinforce board-style reasoning and retention.
✔️ Comprehensive PET & SPECT Training
Strong focus on both technical and clinical interpretation skills.
✔️ Expert ASNC Faculty
Instruction by leading nuclear cardiologists and cardiovascular imaging experts.
✔️ Flexible Self-Paced Learning
Study the supplied files at your own pace; this purchase does not provide access to provider-hosted exams.
⭐ Why This Course Stands Out
✔️ Premier CBNC Board Preparation Resource
One of the most focused and comprehensive nuclear cardiology review programs available.
✔️ Excellent PET & Advanced Imaging Coverage
Strong emphasis on modern molecular and perfusion imaging techniques.
✔️ Combines Physics, Imaging & Clinical Interpretation
Balanced preparation for both certification and clinical practice.
✔️ Recorded Review Content
Provider-hosted practice exams and live review sessions are not included as interactive services with these files.
✔️ Valuable for Certification & Clinical Imaging Practice
Useful beyond board exams for maintaining advanced imaging competency.
🚀 Clinical & Educational Value
The ASNC Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course 2025 provides advanced education in nuclear cardiology, molecular cardiovascular imaging, and CBNC certification preparation.
By integrating:
- Nuclear physics
- SPECT and PET imaging
- Radiation safety
- Stress testing protocols
- Myocardial perfusion and viability imaging
- Cardiac amyloidosis and sarcoidosis evaluation
- Artifact recognition
- Ventricular function imaging
- Multimodality cardiovascular imaging
the material supports educational review for cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiologists. File access does not guarantee certification success or clinical competence.
For physicians preparing for CBNC certification or recertification in 2025, this ASNC course is an outstanding educational resource.
Topics:
August 14, 2025
- Welcome Introduction W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC
- Session I: Physics, Instrumentation, Radionuclides, Radiation Safety
- Physics for the Boards James Case, PhD, MASNC
- Production and Management of Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals Marianna Dakanali, PhD
- The Basics of Radiation Safety Benjamin Auer, PhD
- Instrumentation (SPECT and PET) Keisha C. McCall, PhD, DABR
- Practice Exam 1 (self-paced)
- Session II: Acquisition and Quality Control, Gated SPECT, Artifact Recognition, and MUGA
- Technical Aspects of Acquisition and Processing Mark C. Hyun, CNMT, NCT, RS, RT(N,R,CT), FASNC
- Gated SPECT E. Gordon DePuey, MD, MASNC Artifact Recognition E. Gordon DePuey, MD, MASNC
- Instrumentation Quality Control Mark C. Hyun, CNMT, NCT, RS, RT(N,R,CT), FASNC
- Radionuclide Angiocardiography Ronald G. Schwartz, MD, MS, MASNC
- Practice Exam 2 (self-paced)
- Session III: Test Selection, Stress and Nuclear Protocols Interpretation, Appropriate Use, and Risk Stratification
- Stress Testing Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC
- Nuclear Imaging Protocols and Interpretation Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC
- Patient-Centered Imaging and Appropriate Use Rami Doukky, MD, MSc, MBA, FASNC
- Focused Topic: SPECT Viability: Protocols and Case Review W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC
- Risk Stratification SPECT David E. Winchester, MD, FASNC Practice Exam 3 (self-paced)
- Session IV: Cardiac PET, Multimodality Imaging, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cases with the Experts: SPECT and PET
- Cardiac PET: Basics of Perfusion, Viability, and Sarcoidosis Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH
- Focused Topic: Nuclear Integration in Multimodality Imaging Saurabh Malhotra, MD, MPH, FASNC
- Focused Topic: Cardiac Scintigraphy with Bone-Seeking Tracers for Amyloidosis Prem Soman, MD, PhD, FASNC
- Cases with the Expert, SPECT Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
- Cases with the Expert, PET Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam, MD, FASNC
- Practice Exam 4 (self-paced)
Saturday, September 27, 2025
- 9:00am Welcome & Opening Remarks W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC
- 9:10am Exam 1, Practice Questions Answer Review James Case, Marianna Dakanali, Benjamin Auer, Keisha C. McCall Moderator: Lane Duvall
- 10:10am Break
- 10:20am Exam 2, Practice Questions Answer Review Gordon DePuey, Mark Hyun, Ronald Schwartz Moderator: Jamieson Bourque,
- 11:30am Technology-focused Town Hall Q&A James Case, Marianna Dakanali, Benjamin Auer, Keisha C. McCall, Gordon DePuey, Mark Hyun, Ronald Schwartz Moderators: Lane Duvall & Jamieson Bourque
- 12:30pm Adjourn for the day
Sunday, September 28, 2025
- 9:00am Brief Welcome W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC
- 9:05am Exam 3, Practice Questions Answer Review Jamieson Bourque, Rami Doukky, Lane Duvall, David Winchester Moderator: Lane Duvall
- 10:05am Break
- 10:15am Exam 4, Practice Questions Answer Review Sanjay Divakaran, Saurabh Malhotra, Prem Soman Moderator: Jamieson Bourque
- 11:15am Break
- 11:30am Clinical-focused Town Hall Q&A Jamieson Bourque, Rami Doukky, Lane Duvall, David Winchester, Sanjay Divakaran, Saurabh Malhotra, Prem Soman Moderators: Lane Duvall & Jamieson Bourque
- 12:30pm Closing remarks & adjourn W. Lane Duvall, MD, FASNC
