DEFINITION OF NET DEATH BENEFIT. A life insurance policy's contract will define the total amount to be paid to a designated beneficiary(ies) upon the death of the insured, payable by the life insurance carrier. The Net Death Benefit may be more or less than the original face value of the policy.
Nuclear pharmacy practice: hour-for-hour credit in a licensed nuclear pharmacy or health care facility approved by state or federal agencies to handle radioactive materials, to a maximum of 4,000 hours.
Actual scanning time for each heart scan varies from 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the type of scanner used. Total time in the nuclear medicine department will be approximately two to four hours. If the SPECT scanner has CT capabilities, a short CT scan of your heart will be obtained.