American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course 2026

Whether you’re preparing for the 2026 CBNC exam or just want to stay current on board-focused updates in nuclear cardiology, ASNC’s 2026 Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course is for you. The 2026 Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Prep Course includes: Self-study materials include 20 video lectures (with audio and PDF slide-downloads) and 4 interactive practice exams with >160 questions based on the CBNC exam blueprint. Retake the practice exams and listen to the lectures as often as you’d like.
This course provides unparalleled education you can’t find anywhere else.
Access to the course self-study materials including pre-recorded lectures and practice exams, begins August 13, 2026.

Faculty

Talal S. Alnabelsi, MD, FASNC
Benjamin Auer, PhD
Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC
James Case, PhD, MASNC
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, MASNC
Marianna Dakanali, PhD
E. Gordon DePuey, MD, MASNC
Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH, FASNC
Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, MASNC
Rami Doukky, MD, MSc, MBA, FASNC
W. Lane Duvall, MD, MASNC
Andrew C. Homb, MD
Mark Hyun, CNMT, NCT, RS, RT(N,R,CT), FASNC
Krishna K. Patel, MD, MSc, FASNC
Lawrene Phillips, MD, MASNC
Ronald Schwartz, MD, MS, MASNC
R. Glenn Wells, PhD
David E. Winchester, MD, FASNC

Target Audience
This course is designed for cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiologists preparing for the certification or recertification exam in nuclear cardiology.

Learner Objectives

The primary objectives of the course are to enable participants to achieve the following:

Review concepts of nuclear physics as it applies to cardiovascular imaging physics instrumentation.
Explain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) image acquisition, processing, and quality control considerations.
Recognize and identify nuclear imaging associated artifacts and understand their appropriate management.
Discuss the production and management of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals.
Integrate radiation safety standards into professional nuclear cardiology practice.
Incorporate patient-centered imaging principles and appropriate use considerations in nuclear cardiology and stress procedure selection.
Learn basic stress testing (exercise and pharmacologic) protocols along with their absolute and relative contraindications.
Incorporate risk stratification into selection and application of nuclear cardiology studies.
Apply nuclear imaging tools in assessment of myocardial viability, cardiac amyloidosis, and ventricular function.
Understand the basics of PET imaging for myocardial perfusion, myocardial blood flow quantification, and metabolic viability and sarcoidosis assessment.
Interpret SPECT and PET perfusion and metabolic images and ventricular function imaging.
Utilize myocardial perfusion imaging in the assessment, diagnosis, and response to therapy in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and special populations.
Appropriately identify non-cardiac findings on SPECT and PET-CT cardiovascular imaging studies.
Integrate nuclear cardiology into the multimodality imaging evaluation of cardiovascular disease.

+ Topics:

01 Welcome and Introduction
02 Session I Physics for the Boards
03 Session I Production and Management of Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals
04 Session I The Basics of Radiation Safety
05 Session I Instrumentation (SPECT and PET)
06 Session II Technical Aspects of Acquisition and Processing
07 Session II Gated SPECT
08 Session II Artifact Recognition
09 Session II Instrumentation Quality Control
10 Session II Patient-Centered Imaging and Appropriate Use
11 Session III Stress Testing
12 Session III Nuclear Imaging Protocols and Interpretation
13 Session III Radionuclide Angiocardiography
14 Session III Focused Topic SPECT Viability Protocols and Case Review
15 Session III Risk Stratification SPECT
16 Session III Interpretation of Incidental Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Findings on SPECT and PET CT
17 Session IV Cardiac PET Basics of Perfusion, Viability, and Sarcoidosis
18 Session IV Focused Topic Nuclear Integration in Multimodality Imaging
19 Session IV Focused Topic Bone-avid Radiotracer Cardiac SPECT for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
20 Session IV Cases with the Expert, SPECT
21 Session IV Cases with the Expert, PET