Fundamentals of Nuclear Pharmacy

• Main Author: Saha, Gopal B. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 7th ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Nuclear medicine.; Pharmacy.; Radiotherapy.; Nuclear Medicine.

Currently an estimated 17 million nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year in the US and constantly evolving, as new radiopharmaceuticals and imaging techniques are introduced for better diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. In keeping up with new developments, the Seventh Edition of...

Table of Contents:

• The Atom
• Radioactive Decay
• Instruments for Radiation Detection and Measurement
• Production of Radionuclides
• Radionuclide Generators
• Radiopharmaceuticals and Methods of Radiolabeling
• Characteristics of Specific Radiopharmaceuticals
• Quality Control of Radiopharmaceuticals
• Nuclear Pharmacy
• Internal Radiation Dosimetry
• Radiation Regulations, Protection, and Uses
• In Vitro and In Vivo Nonimaging Tests
• Diagnostic Uses of Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Medicine
• Molecular Imaging
• Therapeutic Uses of Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Medicine
• Adverse Reactions to and Altered Biodistribution of Radiopharmaceuticals.