Practical Nuclear Medicine

✍ Scribed by Peter F. Sharp, Keith A. Goatman (auth.), Peter F. Sharp, Howard G. Gemmell, Alison D. Murray (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Nuclear medicine plays a crucial role in patient care and this book is an essential guide for all practitioners to the many techniques that inform clinical management. The first part covers the scientific basis of nuclear medicine, the rest of the book deals with clinical applications. With a particular emphasis throughout on the practice of nuclear medicine, real-life practical problems encountered in nuclear medicine both in clinical practice and in the introduction of new techniques are addressed.

Following on the success of the previous edition, this book is also expanded by covering areas of development in nuclear medicine, such as PET, methods of tumor imaging and data processing. All illustrations for this new edition reflect current standards of image quality.

This practical approach results in a book which is invaluable to the radiologist, physician, physicist or technologist starting in nuclear medicine but also contains up-to-date advice for the most experienced practitioner.

✦ Table of Contents

Nuclear Medicine Imaging....Pages 1-19
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)....Pages 21-33
Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 35-48
Non-Imaging Radionuclide Investigations....Pages 49-64
Quality Assurance....Pages 65-90
Radiation Protection....Pages 91-111
The Radiopharmacy....Pages 113-141
The Skeletal System....Pages 143-161
The Cardiovascular System....Pages 163-177
The Lung....Pages 179-204
The Urinary Tract....Pages 205-229
The Brain, Salivary and Lacrimal Glands....Pages 231-246
Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal Gland Imaging....Pages 247-272
Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver....Pages 273-304
Infection and Inflammation....Pages 305-332
Tumor Imaging....Pages 333-346
Clinical PET Imaging....Pages 347-364

✦ Subjects

Nuclear Medicine;Imaging / Radiology;Oncology;Diagnostic Radiology