Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging ─ Principles and Clinical Applications

Kim (nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology, U. of Texas), Lee, Tateishi, and Baum supply trainees and practitioners of nuclear medicine, radiology, and general medicine with a handbook on nuclear medicine and molecular imaging techniques and clinical applications, including radionuclide therapy. In 19 chapters, radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists from Asia and the US explain basic nuclear physics and instrumentation; radiopharmaceutical chemistry; unexpected nuclear scan findings due to radiopharmaceutical, technical, or patient-related factors; scintigraphic imaging of cerebral spinal fluid; lymphoscintigraphy and nuclear venography; nuclear imaging for neurological disorders, urology, endocrinology, cardiology, pulmonary and gastrointestinal medicine, bones and joints, and esophageal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers; infection and inflammation, tumor, receptor-binding peptide, in vivo molecular, and in vitro imaging; and the therapeutic applications of radiopharmaceuticals. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)