The Field Of Nuclear Medicine Is Undergoing Rapid Expansion, And Is Evolving Into Diagnostic Molecular Imaging. During Recent Years, Dual-modality Imaging With Pet/ct Has Gained Acceptance And This Is Currently The Fastest-growing Technique For Oncological Imaging Applications. The Glucose Analogue Fdg Has Held Its Place In Diagnostic Oncology, Assessment Of Myocardial Viability And Diagnosis Of Neuro-degenerative Disorders. Peptides Have Become Even More Important As Imaging Agents. The Accuracy Of Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy Has Been Enhanced By Cholecystokinin. The Use Of Ace Inhibitors In The Evaluation Of Renovascular Hypertension Has Become The Standard In Renography. New Instrumentation Has Led To Faster Scanners, And Computer Development To Better Image Processing Software. Automatic Processing Is More Common, And Standardization Of Protocols Can Be Accomplished Easily. The Field Of Gene Imaging Has Progressed, Although Routine Clinical Applications Are Not Yet Available. The Present Text, Supplemented With Many Detailed And Informative Illustrations, Represents An Adjunct To The Standard Knowledge Of Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine And Provides Both The Student And The Professional With An Overview Of Developments During The Past Decade. 1 Clinical Applications -- 2 Neurochemical Imaging With Emission Tomography: Clinical Applications / Gianni Lucignani And James J. Frost -- 3 Assessment Of Myocardial Viability By Radionuclide Techniques / Roxana Campisi, F.y.j. Keng, And Heinrich R. Schelbert -- 4 Thrombo-embolism Imaging / Henry D. Royal And David A. Hillier -- 5 Renal Imaging / Francois Jamar And Raffaela Barone -- 6 Skeletal Scintigraphy / Christiaan Schiepers -- 7 Imaging Infection And Inflammation / Huub J.j.m. Rennen, Chantal P. Bleeker-rovers, And Wim J.g. Oyen -- 8 Gastrointestinal Nuclear Medicine / Jean-luc C. Urbain -- 9 Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy / Mark Tulchinsky -- 10 Peptide Imaging / Irene Virgolini And T. Traub-weidinger -- 11 Fdg-pet Imaging In Oncology / Christiaan Schiepers And Carl K. Hoh -- 12 Pet/ct In Lung And Head And Neck Cancer // Hans C. Steinert, Gerhard Goerres, And Gustav K.von Schulthess -- 13 Pet/ct Imaging In Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Gynecological Cancers And Lymphoma / Martin Allen-auerbach, Johannes Czernin, And Christiaan Schiepers -- 14 Pediatric Nuclear Medicine -- A Coming Of Age / Helen R. Nadel And Moira -- Basics Of Scintigraphic Imaging -- 15 Radiopharmaceuticals: Recent Developments And Trends / Guy Bormans, Kristin Verbeke, And Alfons Verbruggen -- 16 Instrumentation And Data Acquisition / Sibylle I. Ziegler And Magnus Dahlbom -- 17 Image Formation / Johan Nuyts And Dirk Beque -- Future Outlook -- 18 Imaging Of Gene Expression: Concepts And Future Outlook / Meike L. Schipper And Sanjiv S. Gambhir -- 19 Quo Vadis? / Christiaan Schiepers. Christiaan Schiepers (ed.) ; With Contributions By M. Allen-auerbach ... [et Al.] ; Foreword By A.l. Baert. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.