Boston: Elsevier, 2016. — 926 p. It has now been over 20 years and 6 editions since we first published Introduction to Radiologic and Imaging Sciences and Patient Care. We continue to be pleased with the success of the book, because it was quickly adopted in radiologic and imaging science classrooms, and we continue to receive comments and suggestions from our colleagues as...
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995. — 929 p. Report of a US committee formed in 1994 under President B. Clinton to investigate the activities carried out in the 1940s - 1970s. in America radiation experiments on humans. Among the latter, attention is drawn to the fairly large-scale (127 people) direct irradiation of the testes in doses of up to 6 Gy per organ to...
ExLi4EvA, 2016. — 416 p. — ISBN: 9535127470; 9535127462 This volume integrates knowledge in free radical-associated diseases from the basic level to the advanced level, and from the bench side to bed side. The chapters in this book provide an extensive overview of the topic, including free radical formations and clinical interventions. Oxygen: From Toxic Waste to Optimal...
Springer, 2016. — 410 p. This book covers all aspects of chronic radiation syndrome (CRS) based on observations in a unique sample of residents of the Techa riverside villages in the southern Urals who were exposed to radioactive contamination in the 1950s owing to releases of liquid radioactive wastes. The opening chapters discuss the definition and classification of CRS, its...
Springer, 2013. — 445 p. Thr book presents the state of the art in targeted radionuclide therapy, both in clinical practice and contemporary clinical investigation and trials. With contributions from an internationally-distinguished group of physicians and scientists, the book is devoted entirely to the use of nuclear medicine techniques and technology for therapy of malignant...
Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015. — 731 p. The treatment of cancer has witnessed exciting developments on the cellular level — and Nuclear Oncology sums up these developments. This complicated field has been translated into an easy-to-read, comprehensive text that deconstructs all the latest findings as they pertain to oncology. For anyone seeking the latest cutting-edge molecular...
Cham: Springer, 2022. — 488 p. This textbook provides a basic introduction to radiology and imaging along with the minimum required knowledge written from a practical clinical perspective. Presenting essential definitions and critical images, this textbook offers key references in a welcomed concise format, targeting medical students and interns undertaking the USMLE and house...
Thieme, 2011. — 231 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60406-230-4 Each RadCases title features 100 carefully selected, must-know cases documented with clear,high-quality radiographs. The organization provides maximum ease of use for self-assessment. Each case begins with the clinical presentation on the right-d page. Numerous high-resolution radiographs reflect the latest nuclear imaging...
N.-Y.: Springer, 2006. - 355 p. In this volume of the Medical Radiology series, imaging procedures in the nuclear medicine fi eld are presented and put in perspective. The predicted demise of nuclear medicine as a separate imaging specialty has not come true. On the contrary, multi-modality and molecular imaging are now in vogue. The introduction of PET/CT in the work-up of...
Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, 2014. 766 p., ISBN: 978-92-0-143810-2 This handbook comprehensively covers the physics of nuclear medicine. It is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of medical physics. It will also serve as a resource for interested readers from other disciplines, for example, clinicians, radiochemists and medical technologists who...
Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2018. — 177 p. — (CRC Series in Radiotracers in Biology and Medicine). — ISBN: 1138506567. Volume I begins with a brief description of classical physics, it's extension to special relativity and quantum mechanics, and an introduction to basic atomic and nuclear concepts. A thorough discussion of atomic structure follows with emphasis on the theory...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2019. — 448 p. A critical element of radiation treatment planning for cancer is the accurate prediction and delivery of a tailored radiation dose distribution inside the patient. Megavoltage x-ray beams are aimed at the tumour, while collateral damage to nearby healthy tissue and organs is minimized. The key to optimal treatment therefore lies in adopting...
Springer, 2014. — 922 p. The recent revolution in molecular biology offers exciting new opportunities for targeted radionuclide therapy. This up-to-date, comprehensive book, written by world-renowned experts, discusses the basic principles of radionuclide therapy, explores in detail the available treatments, explains the regulatory requirements, and examines likely future...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. — 578 p. This book is based on contributions presented at the 1st World Congress on Gallium-68 and Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy, which examined recent developments in theranostics – the emerging field of molecular targeting of vectors that can be used for both diagnosis and therapy, when modified accordingly. The focus of this...
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004, 215 p. This book gives an overview of the medical applications of nuclear physics. In doing so, two distinct approaches are taken: First it seems appropriate to give the physics community an insight into the enormous potential of nuclear methods. And second, motivated by our experience with the medical community, we wish to give a...
New York: Wiley-VCH, 2016. — 801 p. The book bridges the gap between existing health physics textbooks and reference material needed by a practicing health physicist as the 21st century progresses. This material necessarily encompasses emerging radiation-generating technologies, advances in existing technology, and applications of existing technology to new areas. The book is...
Springer, 2008. — 299 p. There can never be enough material in the public domain about cancers, and particularly breast cancer. This book adds much to the literature. It provides general information on breast cancer management and considers all new methods of diagnosis and therapy. It focuses on nuclear medicine modalities by comparing their results with other diagnostic and...
Second Edition. — Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. — 239 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-27778-9. This book provides a rapid and concise guide to PET (PET/CT and PET/MRI) molecular imaging, concentrating extensive information on PET radiopharmaceuticals in a single volume. The book reflects the rapid development of several PET tracers over the last decade, as a result of which the...
Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2011. — 285 p. — ISBN: 3642113265. The field of nuclear medicine is expanding rapidly, with the development of exciting new diagnostic methods and treatments relevant to a variety of diseases. This growth is closely associated with significant advances in radiation physics. In this book, acknowledged experts explain the basic principles of radiation...
Springer, 2017. — 443 p. — ISBN10: 331943179X. — ISBN13: 978-3319431796. This superbly illustrated book combines the systematic approach of a textbook with the simplicity of consultation of an atlas in order to provide a comprehensive guide to the applications and benefits of scintigraphic studies in children. All of the clinical scenarios in which conventional nuclear medicine...
6th Edition. — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, USA, 2004. — 253 p. — ISBN: 0781747538 This widely used text is now fully updated to reflect the broad acceptance and availability of PET, including instrumentation and special radiation safety aspects. Also added are new information on radiopharmaceuticals, newer scintillation materials (BGO), fusion imaging (PET/CT...
8th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2018. — 335 p. — ISBN: 9781496381842 Part of the renowned The Basics series, Nuclear Medicine Physics helps build foundational knowledge of how and why things happen in the clinical environment. Ideal for board review and reference, the 8th edition provides a practical summary of this complex field, focusing on essential details as well as...
4th ed. - Elsevier, 2012. - 523 p. Physics in Nuclear Medicine by Drs. Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, and Michael E. Phelps provides current, comprehensive guidance on the physics underlying modern nuclear medicine and imaging using radioactively labeled tracers. This revised and updated fourth edition features a new full-color layout, as well as the latest information on...
7th edition. — Elsevier, 2012. — 763 p. Mathematics and Statistics Physics of Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation Computer Science Laboratory Science Radiochemistry and Radiopharmacology Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine Patient Care and Quality Improvement Principles of SPECT and SPECT/CT PET Instrumentation CT Physics and Instrumentation MRI Physics, Instrumentation and...
The University of Chicago Press, 2013. — 512 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-226-01780-8. After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. Even as the atomic bomb became the focus of Cold War anxiety, radioisotopes represented the government's...
Vienna: IAEA, 2001. — 302 p. There are about 6000 new glioblastoma multiform brain tumours diagnosed each year in the United States of America alone. This cancer is usually fatal within six months of diagnosis even with current standard treatments. Research on boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) has been considered as a method of potentially curing such cancers. There is a...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2021. — 505 p. This comprehensive book covers the everyday use and underlying principles of radiation dosimeters used in radiation oncology clinics. It provides an up-to-date reference spanning the full range of current modalities with an emphasis on practical know-how. The main audience is medical physicists, radiation oncology physics residents, and...
Springer, 2004. - 456 p. Diagnostie nuclear medicine is unique in its reliance on, and benefit from, the application of a range of advanced physieal principles directly to the clinieal situation. It is the integration of these principles with a knowledge of physiology and pathology that is essential for effectively producing and interpreting the diagnostie information. The aim...
Springer, 2010. — 773 p. — ISBN: 978-0-387-92819-7 History and Principles of Hybrid Imaging Normal Distribution, Variants, Pitfalls, and Artifacts Tumors of the Central Nervous System Hybrid Imaging of Head and Neck Malignancies Lung Cancer Breast Cancer Colorectal Cancer 18F-FDG PET/CT in Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Esophageal and Gastric Cancer and Gastrointestinal...
Springer, 2014. — 1103 p. PET and SPECT in Neurology highlight the combined expertise of renowned authors whose dedication to the investigation of neurological disorders through nuclear medicine technology has achieved international recognition. Classical neurodegenerative disorders are discussed as well as cerebrovascular disorders, brain tumors, epilepsy, head trauma, coma,...
2nd Edition. — Thieme, 2011. — 581 p. — ISBN: 978-1-58890-652-6 Ideal for self-assessment, the second edition of Case-Based Nuclear Medicine has been fully updated to reflect the latest nuclear imaging technology, including cutting-edge cardiac imaging systems and the latest on PET/CT. Each chapter is packed with high-quality images that demonstrate the full-range of commonly...
Informa Healthcare USA, Inc., 2007. — 212 p. — ISBN: 0824728769. Therapy in nuclear medicine practice has a long distinguished history. To use today’s phraseology, it is one of modern medicine’s early “targeted therapies.” By its very nature, nuclear medicine therapy is required to be highly specific and targeted, since it always involves administration of unsealed sources of...
Springer, 2004. — 245 p. Basic Sciences of Bone and Joint Diseases Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bone Diseases Diagnosis of Metabolic, Endocrine and Congenital Bone Disease Diagnosis of Traumatic Disorders Diagnosis of Circulatory Disorders Neoplastic Bone Diseases Diagnosis of Joint Disorders Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Calcification Therapeutic Use of Radionuclides in Bone and Joint...
Springer, 2014. — 370 p. This book arose from the recognition that there is a need for a compact, readable account of this complex and important subject. The book concisely describes relevant anatomic and physiologic considerations for each organ system and the pathophysiologic features of different relevant diseases and relates them to the scintigraphy of each system. It...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2017. — 1112 p. This book, now in a revised and updated second edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in orthopedic nuclear medicine, including the impressive recent advances in the field and the diagnosis of under-recognized conditions on the basis of their imaging patterns. The opening chapters acquaint the reader briefly...
Springer, 2018. — 348 p. This book provides all the information required for the optimal use of nuclear medicine techniques, which are undergoing rapid development yet remain underutilized. Each chapter focuses on one particular clinical system or disease area. The first section of each chapter illustrates normal patterns observed on commonly and uncommonly performed scans as a...
Springer Science, 1991. 504 p. ISBN: 978-1-4899-0628-1. Marking the 200th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, The Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology hosted a group of about 90 scientists from 15 different countries to discuss the new trends in radiopharmaceutical synthesis, quality assurance and regulatory control. Introductory Remarks. New Trends in...
Oxford University Press, 2001. - 472 p. This book is the work of three authors with different backgrounds and expertise but a common goal: to produce a comprehensive radiation pathology text. Although the authors have reviewed each other's chapters, their individual writing styles have been preserved. Robert E. Anderson has dedicated a good portion of his life to the study of...
N.-Y.: Springer, 2011. - 1029 p. Functional neuroradiology represents a relatively new and ever growing subspecialty in the field of neuroradiology. Neuroradiology has evolved beyond anatomy and basic tissue signal characteristics and strives to understand the underlying physiological processes of CNS disease. This new and exciting field uses a variety of advanced imaging...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. - 1597 p. Illustrated with nuclear scans of superb calibre. Designed to be ideal for teaching purposes, as each chapter follows a template. Fully updated with all the latest technology, including PET. Includes new sections on infection imaging, hybrid imaging, and oncology, and a new pediatric section. The long-awaited third edition of An Atlas of...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. — 1591 p. Illustrated with nuclear scans of superb calibre. Designed to be ideal for teaching purposes, as each chapter follows a template. Fully updated with all the latest technology, including PET. Includes new sections on infection imaging, hybrid imaging, and oncology, and a new pediatric section. The long-awaited third edition of An Atlas of...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. — 1591 p. Illustrated with nuclear scans of superb calibre. Designed to be ideal for teaching purposes, as each chapter follows a template. Fully updated with all the latest technology, including PET. Includes new sections on infection imaging, hybrid imaging, and oncology, and a new pediatric section. The long-awaited third edition of An Atlas of...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. — 1591 p. Illustrated with nuclear scans of superb calibre. Designed to be ideal for teaching purposes, as each chapter follows a template. Fully updated with all the latest technology, including PET. Includes new sections on infection imaging, hybrid imaging, and oncology, and a new pediatric section. The long-awaited third edition of An Atlas of...
New York: Ali Gholamrezanezhad , 2015. - 313 p. This book is a collection of chapters providing a comprehesnive overview of the nuclear medicine, with insights into both its historical and contemporary practices. The readers find it informative, practical and educational in the presented discussions. The book is the result of fruitful international collaboration involving more...
Springer, 2019. — 121 p. This book considers how Nuclear Medicine treatments have been further developed in the past several years and are now widely applied in clinical practice, especially in oncological patients, in addition to radioiodine therapy for various thyroid diseases. These treatments are very effective when properly indicated, but side effects and complications...
Springer, 2016. — 156 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-22276-9 This atlas draws on a multidisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive overview on endocrine disorders of the head and neck, with particular emphasis on the role of imaging and image-guided procedures. The first section discusses the basic characteristics of the imaging methods and other techniques used for evaluation and...
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016. – 320 p. – ISBN10: 3319315617. This book deals with the new method of laser-driven acceleration for application to radiation biophysics and medicine. It provides multidisciplinary contributions from world leading scientist in order to assess the state of the art of innovative tools for radiation biology research and medical...
Springer, 2015. — 1144 p. This comprehensive book describes in detail how nuclear medicine and radiology can meet the needs of the sports medicine physician by assisting in precise diagnosis, clarification of pathophysiology, imaging of treatment outcome and monitoring of rehabilitation. Individual sections focus on nuclear medicine and radiologic imaging of injuries to the...
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2017. — 455 p. — ISBN10: 3319335294 This comprehensive textbook provides a state of the art overview of the means by which quality in patient care is ensured within the field of nuclear medicine. Acknowledged experts in the field cover both management aspects, such as laws, standards, guidelines, patient safety, management...
Berlin: Thieme, 2018. — 376 p. Nuclear Medicine Board Review: Questions and Answers for Self-Assessment. Essentials of Nuclear Medicine. Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals. Instrumentation. Quality Control. Radiation Safety and Legal Requirements. Single-Photon Applications. Musculoskeletal. Cardiac. Central Nervous System. Thyroid Gland and Endocrine System....
Janet Goodrich, 2007. — 237 p. — ISBN: 0990003736. This Policy and Procedure Manual offers policy and procedures for existing or prospective Nuclear Medicine Cardiology Laboratories. The "Manual" contains comprehensive instruction including step-by-step protocols, requirements, and forms to instruct Nuclear Medical Technologists, Allied Personnel and Medical Directors to full...
Springer, 2013. — 528 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-34076-5. This book will serve as the definitive source of detailed information on radiation, ionization, and detection in nuclear medicine. It opens by considering fundamental aspects of nuclear radiation, including dose and energy, sources, and shielding. Subsequent chapters cover the full range of relevant topics, including the...
Springer, 2013. — 1054 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-34076-5 This book will serve as the definitive source of detailed information on radiation, ionization, and detection in nuclear medicine. It opens by considering fundamental aspects of nuclear radiation, including dose and energy, sources, and shielding. Subsequent chapters cover the full range of relevant topics, including the...
Springer, 2013. — 215 p. This small handbook provides a "just the facts" approach to the use of nuclear cardiology for the general cardiology population. It is an adjunct to the existing literature in providing a simple case-based approach to the methodology, application and results of the use of nuclear cardiology. It is a fast-access, pocket-sized compendium of information,...
McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2009. — 353 p. This well-illustrated guide offers a comprehensive look at the principles and techniques behind myocardial perfusion imaging, including instrumentation and cameras, general considerations, radiopharmaceuticals, and radiation safety and regulatory issues.Whether you are a physician or technologist, a resident or fellow in training,...
Springer, 2001. — 396 p. — ISBN: 978-3-662-05889-3 Intended for nuclear medicine specialists in training, it is equally an invaluable reference for other professionals and students. The richly illustrated chapters are devoted to individual organs and systems, with each chapter depicting the findings in selected pathological cases and in healthy individuals, with a comparison of...
2nd edition. — Mosby, 2006. — 1799 p. — ISBN: 978-0323028981 The revised and updated 2nd Edition of this groundbreaking work reflects the growing importance of nuclear medicine within radiology, presenting definitive coverage of diagnostic nuclear medicine as it is practiced today. Encyclopedic in scope, this authoritative two-volume reference is organized for ease of use,...
2nd edition. — Mosby, 2006. — 1799 p. — ISBN: 978-0323028981 The revised and updated 2nd Edition of this groundbreaking work reflects the growing importance of nuclear medicine within radiology, presenting definitive coverage of diagnostic nuclear medicine as it is practiced today. Encyclopedic in scope, this authoritative two-volume reference is organized for ease of use,...
Springer, 2016. — 494 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-26049-5 This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the practice of radioguided surgery. The opening section is devoted to the basic physics principles for detection and imaging, radiation detection device technology, principles of surgical navigation, radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals, and radiation...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. — 184 p. Radioisotope therapy is an internal form of radiation used to treat cancer; it may be administered orally or intravenously and represents the nearest treatment option to the 'magic bullet', specifically targeting sites of disease whilst sparing surrounding normal tissues. Radioisotope therapy has an important role to play in...
Springer, 2019. — 346 p. — ISBN: 978-981-13-7457-9 This book introduces molecular imaging and Target Therapy in various cancers. The first part is the subjects and primary focused on the basics of nuclear physics, radiation dosimetry, nuclear medicine equipment and small animal imaging equipment. The second part is about the radiopharmaceutical and commonly used clinical...
IAEA, Viena, 2015. — 29 p. ISBN 978-92-0-156715-4 ISSN 2412–2955 Radiotherapy requires competent professional staff to ensure safe and effective patient treatment and management. There is a need to provide guidelines that recommend appropriate staffing levels to support the initiation of new services as well as the expansion or upgrade of existing services. Even simple...
IAEA, Vienna. Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides Emerging Positron Emitters for Medical Applications 64Cu and 124I. 2016. — 63 p. — ISBN: 978-92-0-109615-9; ISSN: 2413-9556. The growing number of medical cyclotrons and positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET CT) centres as well as the proven high clinical utility of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in cancer patients has...
IAEA, Vienna. Cyclotron Based Production of Technetium-99m. 2017. — 59 p. — ISBN: 978 – 92 – 0 – 102916 – 4; ISSN 2413 – 9556. This publication presents a comprehensive overview of the technologies involved in the production of cyclotron based 99 mTc. These would include techniques relevant to preparation of targets irradiation of targets under high beam currents target...
International Atomic Energy Agency, 2007. — (Issue 458 of Technical reports series). — 458 p. — ISBN: 9201151063, 9789201151063. Radionuclide therapy employing unsealed radiotherapeutic agents has emerged as an important tool for cancer management. A number of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals based on different types of carrier molecule and a variety of radioisotopes are...
IAEA, 2012, Radioisotopes and Radiopharmaceuticals Series. Printed by the IAEA in Austria January 2012 STI/PUB/1515 This book is intended to be a resource manual with practical information for planning and operating an FDG production facility, including design and implementation of the laboratories, facility layout, equipment, personnel and FDG quality assessment. GMP and...
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2012. — 168 p. Employing a question and answer style format,Nuclear Cardiology Reviewprepares you for the certification exam of Nuclear Cardiology . Nuclear Cardiology Review has over 200 questions covering nuclear imaging basic sciences, maintenance of safety and quality, study interpretation and appropriately applying test...
2nd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2018. — 334 p. — ISBN: 9781496381668 In this second edition of Nuclear Cardiology Review: A Self-Assessment Tool , physicians at the renowned Cleveland Clinical offer a Q & A style approach to preparing for the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology’s Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) exam. Featuring three new contributors, the book...
2nd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2018. — 195 p. — ISBN: 978-1496326928 In this second edition of Nuclear Cardiology Review: A Self-Assessment Tool , physicians at the renowned Cleveland Clinical offer a Q & A style approach to preparing for the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology’s Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) exam. Featuring three new contributors, the...
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019. — 160 p. — ISBN (13) 978-1-5275-2672-3. This book shows that the medical consequences of low-dose, low-rate exposures to ionizing radiation have been overestimated by certain scientists, which apparently occurred in accordance with unofficial policies and directives. It analyses and exposes the biases and hidden conflicts of interest in...
4th edition. — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011. — 1288 p. This text is an invaluable, comprehensive data reference for anyone involved in health physics or radiation safety. This new edition addresses the specific data requirements of health physicists, with data presented in large tables, including the latest NCRP recommendations, which are tabulated and given in both SI...
Springer, 2013. — 354 p. Nuclear Medicine is a diagnostic modality which aims to image and in some cases quantify physiological processes in the body to highlight disease or injury. Within nuclear medicine, over the past few decades, major technological changes have occurred and concomitantly changes in the knowledge and skills required have had to evolve. One of the most...
European Commission, Directorate-General XII, Science, Research, and Development, 1996. — 1192 c. The human health consequences of the Chernobyl accident in 1986 have been the subject of a great many studies. Many of the findings and opinions were brought together at a major international conference held in Minsk in 1996. The overall findings from this workshop are discussed...
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016. – 277 p. – ISBN10: 3319267027. This book explores the mathematics and biology of the biodistribution of radiopharmaceuticals following their introduction into the body, but does so primarily from a clinical perspective – from the point of view of image interpretation and any associated image-derived quantification. All of...
American Pharmacists Association (APhA), 2004. — 825 p. — ISBN: 1582120315, 9781582120317. A reference for nuclear pharmacy practitioners, nuclear medicine technologists, and nuclear medicine physicians. It covers radioactive decay, radiation detection and measurement, radiation protection and risk, radiation safety, radiation biology, licensing and regulatory controls,...
Springer, 2013. — 342 p. This atlas fills a gap in the literature by documenting in detail the role of nuclear medicine imaging of infection and inflammation. The pathophysiologic and molecular mechanisms on which radionuclide imaging of infection/inflammation is based are clearly explained, but the prime focus of the book is on the clinical relevance of such procedures. Their...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2021. — 364 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-62174-2. This atlas explores the latest advances in radionuclide imaging in the field of inflammatory diseases and infections, which now typically includes multimodality fusion imaging (e.g. in SPECT/CT and PET/CT). In addition to describing the pathophysiologic and molecular mechanisms on which the radionuclide imaging...
Springer, 2018. — 456 p. — (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering). — ISBN: 3319677195. This book describes radionanomedicine as an integrated medicine using exogenous and endogenous This book describes radionanomedicine as an integrated approach that uses exogenous and endogenous nanomaterials for in vivo and human applications. It comprehensively explains...
Georgetown, Texas U.S.A.: Landes Bioscience, 2003 — 400 p. — ISBN: 1-57059-644-1. In this handbook, the role of Nuclear Medicine techniques in diagnosis and treatment is presented in conjunction with the essential elements of radiopharmacology, instrumentation and radiation protection. This handbook is not intended to be as comprehensive as a nuclear medicine textbook but will...
Berlin: Springer, 2012. — 1145 p. This well-received book, now in its fifth edition, is unique in providing a detailed examination of the technological basis of radiation therapy. Another unique feature is that the chapters are jointly written by North American and European authors. This considerably broadens the book’s contents and increases its applicability in daily practice...
CRC PRESS, 2010, - 524 p. (In English) Edited by a renowned international expert in the field, Nuclear Medicine Physics offers an up-to-date, state-of-the-art account of the physics behind the theoretical foundation and applications of nuclear medicine. It covers important physical aspects of the methods and instruments involved in modern nuclear medicine, along with related...
Taylor Francis, 1998. 310 p. - ISBN: 0750304790 This book has been put together for three purposes: first, to explain the Monte Carlo method; second, to introduce the reader to some Monte Carlo software packages developed and used by different research groups; and third, to give the reader a detailed idea of some possible applications of Monte Carlo in current research in SPECT...
CRC Press, 2022. — 655 p. — ISBN: 978- 1- 032- 05868- 9. This state-of-the-art handbook, the first in a series that provides medical physicists with a comprehensive overview of the field of nuclear medicine, is dedicated to instrumentation and imaging procedures in nuclear medicine. It provides a thorough treatment of the cutting-edge technologies being used within the field,...
CRC Press, 2022. — 304 p. — (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering). — ISBN: 978- 1- 032- 05954- 9. Mathematical modeling is an important part of nuclear medicine. Therefore, several chapters of this book have been dedicated to describing this topic. In these chapters, an emphasis has been put on describing the mathematical modeling of the radiation transport of...
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2nd edition, 2007, 222 p., ISBN10: 0849381681 Recent advances in the field of nuclear medicine (NM) are expanding the role and responsibilities of the nuclear medicine technologist (NMT) to include more complex and detailed tasks. New technologies are making the diagnosis, management, and treatment of illnesses more sensitive, more specific,...
Springer, 2013. — 306 p. Although lymphoscintigraphy was originally introduced into clinical routine for identification of the cause of peripheral edema, more recently it has been widely applied for radioguided biopsy of the sentinel lymph node in patients with solid cancers. The procedure is now considered crucial for adequate planning of oncologic surgery in a growing number...
Springer, 2013. — 163 p. Radiation protection is an important task for nuclear medicine departments with regard to the use of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. It is important to make sure that the radiation dose to the patients as well as to staff members is kept as low as reasonable achievable (ALARA). In the last few years, the use of PET...
Springer-Verlag London, 2010, 610 p., ISBN: 1848821255 Complexities of the requirements for accurate radiation dosimetry evaluation in both diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine (including PET) have grown over the past decade. This is due primarily to four factors: Growing consideration of accurate patient-specific treatment planning for radionuclide therapy as a means of...
The National Academies Press, Washington, USA, 2009. — 220 p. — ISBN13: 9780309130394. This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical...
Second Edition. — Ed. by: Igor A. Gusev, D. Biol., Angelina K. Guskova, M.D., PH.D, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. — CRC Press, 2001. — 611 p. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents provides a complete reference for those concerned with radiation accidents nationally as well as abroad. Substantially different from the first edition, which dealt predominantly with...
Second Edition. — Ed. by: Igor A. Gusev, D. Biol., Angelina K. Guskova, M.D., PH.D, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. — CRC Press, 2001. — 611 p. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents provides a complete reference for those concerned with radiation accidents nationally as well as abroad. Substantially different from the first edition, which dealt predominantly with...
7th edition. — Elsevier, 2019. — 550 p. — ISBN: 978-0-323-48319-3 Covering both the fundamentals and recent developments in this fast-changing field, Essentials of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 7th Edition, is a must-have resource for radiology residents, nuclear medicine residents and fellows, nuclear medicine specialists, and nuclear medicine technicians. Known for...
6th edition. — Elsevier, 2012. — 603 p. Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Imaging, by Drs. Fred A Mettler and Milton J Guiberteau, provides the practical and comprehensive guidance you need to master key nuclear imaging techniques. From physics, instrumentation, quality control, and legal requirements to hot topics such as sodium fluoride, radiopharmaceuticals, and recommended...
Springer, 2014. — 293 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4614-8644-2 This book presents a comprehensive review of nuclear cardiology principles and concepts necessary to pass the Nuclear Cardiology Technology Specialty Examination. The practice questions are similar in format and content to those found on the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) and American Registry of...
Springer, 2011. — 300 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-9361-8 Nuclear Medicine Technology Study Guide presents a comprehensive review of nuclear medicine principles and concepts necessary for technologists to pass board examinations. The practice questions and content follow the guidelines of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) and American Registry of Radiological...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2009. — 529 p. Nuclear cardiology is no longer a medical discipline residing solely in nuclear medicine. This is the first book to recognize this fact by integrating in-depth information from both the clinical cardiology and nuclear cardiology literature, and acknowledging cardiovascular medicine as the fundamental knowledge base needed for...
De Gruyter Open Ltd, Warsaw, Berlin, 2015. — 232 p. — ISBN10: 3110442051 The textbook begins with exercises related to radioactive sources and decay schemes. The problems covered include series decay and how to determine the frequency and energy of emitted particles in disintegrations. The next chapter deals with the interaction of ionizing radiation, including the treatment of...
Jointly prepared by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. Geneva, ILO (Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 73), 2010. — 111 p. — ISBN: 978-92-2-122413-6; ISBN: 978-92-2-122414-3. This document provides guidance on procedures and methodology to assess attributability of cancer to occupational...
IAEA, Vienna, 2006, - 544 p. (English) This manual sets out the prerequisites for the establishment of a nuclear medicine service, including basic infrastructure, suitable premises, reliable supply of electricity, maintenance of a steady temperature, dust exclusion for gamma cameras and radiopharmacy dispensaries. It offers clear guidance on human resources and training needs...
3rd edition. — John Wiley & Sons, 2013. — 248 p. — ISBN: 978-0-470-90550-0. An excellent introduction to the basic concepts of nuclear medicine physics This Third Edition of Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Physics and Instrumentation expands the finely developed illustrated review and introductory guide to nuclear medicine physics and instrumentation. Along with simple,...
2nd Edition. — Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. VIII, 206 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4051-0484-5 (alk. paper), ISBN10: 1-4051-0484-8 (alk. paper). Essential Nuclear Medicine Physics provides an excellent introduction to the basic concepts of the daunting area of nuclear physics. Logically structured and clearly written, this is the book of choice for anyone entering the field of...
Springer, India, 2014. — 176 p. — ISBN: 8132218256 The book is a compilation of guidelines from various organizations such as Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, European Association of Nuclear Medicine, American College of Radiology and International Atomic Energy Agency. The description of the procedures is simple, easy to understand and current. The aim of this...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 209 p. In contrast to most anatomic radiographic imaging techniques, nuclear medicine permits real time, non-invasive imaging of human physiology and pathophysiology and also allows for exquisite targeting of disease with therapeutic radiology. To open this window to the processes of human disease, one must first understand the physical...
Springer, 2013. — 287 p. Nuclear medicine technology has been a fascinating subject ever since the early rectilinear scanner produced images, and is becoming ever more interesting (and demanding) with the growth of positron emission tomography and other molecular imaging. Taking and passing the exam offered by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certi? cation Board (NMTCB), or that...
National Academies Press, 2014. — 164 p. It is probably only a matter of time before we witness the next event in which large numbers of people are exposed to ionizing radiation. In the past, planning a response to such an occurrence would have likely focused on the management of casualties from high-dose exposure. However, more recently, a different threat has come to the...
Springer, 2017. — 279 p. The field of radiation hormesis has been built upon the early comprehensive work of Luckey and more recent work of Ed Calabrese. Optimal health for Luckey included prevention of cancer and a wide variety of inflammatory diseases. Why people have not acted on this provocative hypothesis is largely due to the false paradigm of the linear no-threshold...
Wiley, 2012. — 346 p. — ISBN9780470588956. The ultimate reference guide to the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals The Radiochemical Syntheses series provides scientists and professionals with a comprehensive reference to proven synthetic methods for radiochemical reactions, along with step-by-step guidance on how to replicate these syntheses in the laboratory. Volume 1 in the...
3rd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2019. — 745 p. — ISBN: 9781975119836 Master essential procedures with ease and build the clinical confidence for success in practice with this concise, easy-to-use guide. Step-by-step instructions walk you through 65 key scan procedures — complete with listings of possible artifacts and issues that may arise during each scan with added relevant...
3rd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2019. — 745 p. — ISBN: 9781975119836 Master essential procedures with ease and build the clinical confidence for success in practice with this concise, easy-to-use guide. Step-by-step instructions walk you through 65 key scan procedures — complete with listings of possible artifacts and issues that may arise during each scan with added relevant...
Springer, 2005. — X, 382 p. 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...
Springer, 2019. — 279 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-25493-3 This book is designed as a reference manual that is exceptional in systematically discussing every aspect of nuclear medicine imaging of infections, with careful explanation of the most up-to-date concepts and recent guidelines on diagnostic flowcharts as shared between the EANM, ESR, ESNR, ESCMID, ESC, EACVI, ECCO, ESGAR and...
Springer, 2019. — 325 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-17350-0. This atlas, compiled by experienced specialists in the field, is designed as a ready reference on the use of parathyroid scintigraphy in patients with hyperparathyroidism, both for the localisation of parathyroid pathology and as an aid to surgery. The introductory chapters review the basic core knowledge on the subject....
Springer, 2017. — 222 p. Dichotomies in medicine are common, but it is nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in radiation exposure either used in diagnoses or in treatment as compared to excessive or unwanted radiation exposure either locally or systematically. Other dichotomies demonstrated in radiation injury include the separation between acute and late radiation damage,...
Springer, 2008. — 241 p. Written by Michael Stabin, a leading international authority in the field, this book is ideal for physicians and residents in nuclear medicine who want to improve their knowledge in internal dosimetry. This text is a practical introduction that guides the reader through fundamental concepts in the calculation of radiation dose, including discussions of...
CRC Press, 2017. — 218 p. — (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering). — ASIN B01MSEMEKN. Written by one of the world's leading experts in the field of nuclear medicine dosimetry, this text describes in detail the use of internal dose calculations in the practice of nuclear medicine. While radiation therapy with external sources of radiation always employs...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2016. — 506 p. Radiation Protection in Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology focuses on the professional, operational, and regulatory aspects of radiation protection. Advances in radiation medicine have resulted in new modalities and procedures, some of which have significant potential to cause serious harm. Examples include radiologic procedures that...
Springer, 2013. — 873 p. — ISBN: 978-0-387-48893-6 Nuclear Oncology: Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications is a comprehensive textbook covering the increasing role of radionuclide-based technologies in the management of oncologic patients, with disease-oriented chapters giving a detailed overview of current indications and developments. Topics covered include...
CRC Press, 2017. - 230 p. This book is designed to convey as much information as possible in a concise and simple way to make it suitable for students, researchers and clinical medical physicists. Better meanings, codes and examples are included. Most of the basics are also covered for easy reference along with a glossary of objective-type questions. Upon completion of this...
IAEA, Viena, 2007. — 311 p. — ISBN 92-0-101607-7 ISSN 0074–1914. Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals account for nearly 80% of all diagnostic studies done in nuclear medicine. The ability to determine the exact molecular structure of the coordination compounds by using modern powerful analytical tools such as NMR, mass spectroscopy and X ray diffraction has contributed to the...
IAEA, Viena, 2009. — 73 p. — ISBN 978-92-0-110708-4; ISSN 0074–1914. This publication is intended to support physicists working in the field of radiotherapy dosimetry, both in standards laboratories involved in the calibration of dosimeters and in clinical centres and hospitals where external beam radiotherapy is utilized. The report fulfils the need for an internationally...
IAEA, Viena, 2011. — 382 p. — ISBN 978-92-0-115010-3; ISSN 0074–1914. This publication reports the results of an IAEA coordinated research project on nuclear data for the production of therapeutic radionuclides. The aim was to provide standardized data for the production of radionuclides for therapeutic purposes embracing current and possible future needs. Experimental data...
IAEA, Vienna, 2009. — 249 p. — (International Atomic Energy Agency. Series: Technical reports series (IAEA) ; 470). Rapid progress in preclinical and clinical research realized over the past two decades has stimulated broad interest in the use of radionuclides for targeted therapy of cancer and for other therapeutic applications using unsealed sources. The use of...
N.-Y.: Springer, 2007 - 572 p. This third edition of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine/PET incorporates the major advances that have been made in nuclear medicine in the recent past. The book is streamlined, up to date, and very readable. Chapters on brain and cerebrospinal fluid imaging have been combined; chapters on bone scintigraphy, Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome, evaluation of...
Springer, 2018. — 93 p. — (Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging). This pocket book provides a comprehensive review of the current use of PET/CT in thyroid cancer, offering a multidisciplinary perspective and explaining the role of PET/CT in relation to other imaging modalities. A key aim is to help readers to choose the correct imaging modality to answer the...
Springer, 2019. — 1321 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-95563-6 Building on the traditional concept of nuclear medicine, this textbook presents cutting-edge concepts of hybrid imaging and discusses the close interactions between nuclear medicine and other clinical specialties, in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients.Today the diagnostic applications of nuclear medicine...
Humana Press, 2008. — XX, 433 p. The purpose of this book is to provide the outline for the "nuts and bolts" establishment and operation of a nuclear cardiology laboratory. In so doing, the authors have attempted to deal with the relevant issues that a laboratory director must address in either setting up the laboratory or maintaining its competitive edge and clinical...
Springer, 2018. — 112 p. — (Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging PET/CT). This pocket book provides clinicians with the necessary information to understand the role of FDG PET/CT in infection and inflammation. It will help both in making appropriate imaging requests with adequate clinical information and in interpreting the report. The coverage encompasses a wide...
CRC Press, 2010. — 309 p. — ISBN: 1439810672, 9781439810675. Nanoengineering, energized by the desire to find specific targeting agents, is leading to dramatic acceleration in novel drug design. However, in this flurry of activity, some issues may be overlooked. This is especially true in the area of determining dosage and evaluating the effects of multiple agents designed to...
Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia, 2003. – 383 p. Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering The Monte Carlo method: theory and computational issues. Monte Carlo techniques in nuclear medicine dosimetry. Medical imaging techniques for radiation dosimetry. Computational methods in internal radiation dosimetry. Mathematical models of the human...
4th edition. — Mosby, 2010. — 897 p. — ISBN: 978-0-323-05796-7 Clinical Nuclear Cardiology — now in its fourth edition — covers the tremendous clinical growth in this field, focusing on new instrumentation and techniques. Drs. Barry L. Zaret and George A Beller address the latest developments in technology, radiopharmaceuticals, molecular imaging, and perfusion imaging....
3rd edition. — Mosby, 2006. — 580 p. — ISBN10: 0323029469. The 3rd Edition of this successful resource continues to present an easy and affordable way to master core knowledge and review important facts pertinent to the specialty. A concise, user-friendly format — with at-a-glance illustrations, boxes, and tables — enables you to access information quickly. Revised throughout...
2nd edition. — Elsevier, 2011. — 430 p. — ISBN: 9780323053082 This new edition of Nuclear Medicine in the popular Case Review series offers self-assessment preparation for board reviews to help residents and recertifying radiologists stay on top in their field! Dr. Harvey Zeissman presents 200 case studies-covering hot topics like PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and radiation safety-with...
2nd edition. — EDP Sciences, 2017. — 217 p. — ISBN: 978-2759821402 This scientific book aims to introduce nuclear medicine to a larger audience, pointing out, among other things, the difficulties met by both physicians and patients when trying to access new technologies. This second edition shows how much progress has been made over the past ten years since the original book...
Austria: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007. — 354 p. SBN-10 3-540-33989-2 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York. SBN-13 978-3-540-33989-2 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York. Drug Safety. Technetium in Medicine. Stannous Chloride in the Preparation of Tc-99m Pharmaceuticals. Quality Assurance of Radiopharmaceuticals. Performance and Quality Control of the Mo-99/Tc-99m Generator....
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