Practical Nuclear Medicine
Contributors: Peter F. Sharp (Editor); Howard G. Gemmell (Editor); Alison D. Murray (Editor)
Edition: 3rd ed. edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781852338756
Subjects: Nuclear medicine; Diagnostic Imaging; Science; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Radiology; Allied Health Services - Radiologic & Ultrasound Technology; Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; gamma; radio-pharmaceuticals; Nuclear Physics
Description: 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. Diagnostic imaging has an increasingly important role in patient management and, despite advances in other modalities (functional MRI and spiral CT), nuclear medicine continues to make its unique contribution by its ability to demonstrate physiological function. This book is also expanded by covering areas of development in nuclear medicine, such as PET, methods of tumor imaging, and data processing.