American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course 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 expert-led lectures, interactive practice exams, live virtual review sessions, and board-style Q&A discussions.
The curriculum emphasizes practical cardiovascular imaging interpretation, clinical application, and exam-focused preparation aligned with modern nuclear cardiology practice.
📦 Course 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
📝 Interactive Practice Exams
- 4 interactive practice exams
- 170+ board-style questions
- Unlimited retakes available
👨⚕️ 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
170+ 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 lectures and retake exams anytime for reinforcement.
⭐ 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.
✔️ Interactive Learning Environment
Practice exams and live review sessions enhance engagement and retention.
✔️ 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 course equips cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiologists with the technical expertise, interpretation skills, and board-focused knowledge necessary for certification success and advanced nuclear cardiology practice.
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
