PET
Subtitle: Molecular Imaging and Its Biological Applications
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 11, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780387403595
Subjects: Nuclear medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Diagnostic Imaging; Radiology; Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Laboratory Medicine; Brain Mapping; Heart Diseases; Tomography, Emission; Tomography, Emission-Computed; methods
First sentence: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging technique that uses the unique decay characteristics of radionuclides that decay by positron emission.
Description: "The PET scan is revolutionizing the means by which the biology of disease can be studied in living mice to patients and in providing molecular diagnostics in patients. The focus of this guide is teaching. Topics covered include PET physics, assay development, electronic generators, and molecular imaging probes. PET: Molecular Imaging and Its Biological Applications is intended for radiologists, nuclear medicine, specialty areas of medicine and surgery, residents, biological and physical scientists, and their students interested in molecular imaging."--BOOK JACKET.