Handbook Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging For Physicists : Radiopharmaceuticals And Clinical Applications , Volume III (Series In Medical Physics And Biomedical Engineering) (Original PDF From Publisher)
Written by Michael Ljungberg
This cutting-edge guidebook emphasizes the creation and usage of radiopharmaceuticals.
It is the third and last in a series that gives medical physicists a thorough introduction to the area of nuclear medicine. Along with this, the book goes on to discuss the chemical makeup of these substances and a few of the primary clinical uses for radiopharmaceuticals. After an introduction to the field of radiopharmacy, three chapters of this book contain detailed descriptions of common radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals used in PET and SPECT imaging, planar/single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) diagnostic studies and radiotherapy. The chapters that describe quality control and production methods, commonly known as good manufacturing practices and include environmental compliance come after these.
This volume also provides examples of how chemical handling facilities should be planned to meet legal requirements. Mouse models play a major role in the development of radiopharmaceuticals, as they do in the development of many medications. Therefore, a later chapter will address the translation of radiopharmaceuticals, which is the process done to ensure that a newly produced drug’s functioning and safety are preserved also in a human environment.
A chapter emphasizing the value of safe waste disposal and how to ensure that these practices satisfy the standards established for the disposal of hazardous waste follows this. A number of chapters have also been devoted to detailing the several medical procedures that make use of clinical nuclear medicine as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. A chapter outlining the protocols and rules related to clinical trials is included because physicists might participate in these kinds of investigations.
A chapter on patient safety and a chapter on ultrasonography, an imaging technique not dependent on ionizing radiation, come after this. Lastly, the book’s final chapter explores nuclear medicine’s prospects for the future. For libraries, organizations and academic and clinical medical physicists looking for a comprehensive explanation of what constitutes nuclear medicine , this publication will be a priceless resource. The most extensive resource on the market offering a cutting-edge synopsis of the area of nuclear medicine edited by a pioneer in the field and included contributions from a group of skilled clinical medical staff, engineers, scientists, chemists and medical physicists Explains basic theory and the history of the field, as well as the most recent applied research in the field.
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