BOOK
Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites E-Book
Harvey A. Ziessman | Janis P. O'Malley | James H. Thrall
(2013)
Additional Information
Book Details
Abstract
Get the essential tools you need to make an accurate diagnosis with Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites! The newest edition of his bestselling volume by Drs. Harvey Ziessman, Janis O'Malley, and James Thrall delivers the conceptual, factual, and interpretive information you need for effective clinical practice in nuclear medicine imaging, as well as for certification and recertification review.
- Prepare for the written board exam and for clinical practice with critical information on nuclear medicine physics, detection and instrumentation, SPECT and PET imaging, and clinical nuclear medicine imaging.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| IFC | IFC | ||
| Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contributor | v | ||
| Foreword | vii | ||
| Preface | ix | ||
| Contents | xi | ||
| Part I Basic Principles | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 Radiopharmaceuticals | 1 | ||
| ELEMENTS, RADIONUCLIDES, AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 1 | ||
| PRODUCTION OF RADIONUCLIDES | 1 | ||
| RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS | 2 | ||
| TECHNETIUM CHEMISTRY AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION | 5 | ||
| QUALITY ASSURANCE OF TECHNETIUM-99M–LABELED RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 7 | ||
| SINGLE-PHOTON RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS OTHER THAN TC-99M | 8 | ||
| DUAL PHOTON RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY | 9 | ||
| DISPENSING RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 10 | ||
| RADIATION ACCIDENTS (SPILLS) | 12 | ||
| QUALITY CONTROL IN THE NUCLEAR PHARMACY | 13 | ||
| RECEIVING RADIOACTIVE PACKAGES | 13 | ||
| RADIATION DOSIMETRY | 14 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 15 | ||
| Chapter 2 Molecular Imaging | 16 | ||
| IMAGING TECHNIQUES | 16 | ||
| BIOMARKERS | 18 | ||
| REPORTER GENE IMAGING AND GENE THERAPY | 22 | ||
| IMAGING BIOMARKERS AND NEW DRUG DEVELOPMENT | 23 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 23 | ||
| Chapter 3 Physics of Nuclear Medicine | 24 | ||
| ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF MATTER | 24 | ||
| ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION | 24 | ||
| RADIOACTIVITY AND RADIOACTIVE DECAY | 26 | ||
| INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RADIATION AND MATTER | 31 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 36 | ||
| Chapter 4 Radiation Detection and Instrumentation | 37 | ||
| CHARATERISTICS OF A RADIATION DETECTOR | 37 | ||
| TYPES OF RADIATION DETECTORS | 38 | ||
| ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT | 40 | ||
| NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING | 41 | ||
| SUMMARY | 50 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 50 | ||
| Chapter 5 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Positron Emission Tomography, and Hybrid Imaging\b | 51 | ||
| IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION | 51 | ||
| SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY | 56 | ||
| POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY | 61 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 65 | ||
| Part II Clinical Nuclear Medicine | 66 | ||
| Chapter 6 Endocrine System | 66 | ||
| THYROID SCINTIGRAPHY AND UPTAKE STUDIES | 66 | ||
| PARATHYROID SCINTIGRAPHY | 90 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 97 | ||
| Chapter 7 Skeletal Scintigraphy\b | 98 | ||
| BONE SCAN | 98 | ||
| CLINICAL USES OF SKELETAL SCINTIGRAPHY | 103 | ||
| BONE INFARCTION AND OSTEONECROSIS | 121 | ||
| OSTEOMYELITIS | 123 | ||
| FLOURINE-18 SODIUM FLUORIDE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY | 126 | ||
| BONE MINERAL MEASUREMENT | 128 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 130 | ||
| Chapter 8 Hepatobiliary System | 131 | ||
| CHOLESCINTIGRAPHY | 131 | ||
| TECHNETIUM-99M RED BLOOD CELL LIVER SCINTIGRAPHY | 156 | ||
| TECHNETIUM-99M SULFUR COLLOID LIVER AND SPLEEN IMAGING | 161 | ||
| SPLEEN SCINTIGRAPHY | 163 | ||
| TECHNETIUM-99M MACROAGGREGATED ALBUMIN HEPATIC ARTERIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY | 164 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 167 | ||
| Chapter 9 Genitourinary System | 168 | ||
| RENAL ANATOMY AND FUNCTION | 168 | ||
| RENAL RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 170 | ||
| DYNAMIC RENAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES | 175 | ||
| MEASURING RENAL FUNCTION: EFFECTIVE RENAL PLASMA FLOW AND GOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE | 191 | ||
| RENAL CORTICAL IMAGING | 194 | ||
| RADIONUCLIDE CYSTOGRAPHY | 201 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 203 | ||
| Chapter 10 Pulmonary System | 204 | ||
| PULMONARY EMBOLISM | 204 | ||
| VENTILATION PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY | 205 | ||
| RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 206 | ||
| IMAGE INTERPRETATION | 209 | ||
| VENTILATION-PERFUSION INTERPRETATION CRITERIA | 216 | ||
| OTHER ADDITIONAL V/Q INTERPRETATION CRITERIA | 224 | ||
| OTHER APPLICATIONS OF VENTILATION-PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY | 224 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 226 | ||
| Chapter 11 Oncology: Positron Emission Tomography | 227 | ||
| BACKGROUND | 227 | ||
| IMAGE INTERPRETATION | 230 | ||
| CLINICAL USES OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN ONCOLOGY | 241 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 264 | ||
| Chapter 12 Oncology: Non–Positron Emission Tomography | 265 | ||
| PEPTIDE RECEPTOR IMAGING | 265 | ||
| ADRENAL SCINTIGRAPHY | 269 | ||
| MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IMAGING AND THERAPY | 271 | ||
| NONSPECIFIC BINDING TUMOR AGENTS | 278 | ||
| LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY: THE SENTINEL LYMPH NODE | 281 | ||
| INTRAARTERIAL RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERES | 283 | ||
| BONE PAIN PALLIATION | 285 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 287 | ||
| Chapter 13 Gastrointestinal System | 288 | ||
| ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY | 288 | ||
| GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE | 290 | ||
| GASTRIC MOTILITY SCINTIGRAPHY | 294 | ||
| INTESTINAL TRANSIT SCINTIGRAPHY | 305 | ||
| PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHY | 306 | ||
| HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION | 306 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING | 307 | ||
| HETEROTOPIC GASTRIC MUCOSA | 314 | ||
| PERITONEAL SCINTIGRAPHY | 320 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 321 | ||
| Chapter 14 Infection and Inflammation | 322 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION | 322 | ||
| RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 322 | ||
| CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FOR INFECTION SCINTIGRAPHY | 333 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 349 | ||
| Chapter 15 Central Nervous System | 350 | ||
| CEREBRAL ANATOMY | 350 | ||
| MOVEMENT DISORDERS | 368 | ||
| AMYLOID IMAGING | 370 | ||
| CISTERNOGRAPHY | 371 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 377 | ||
| Chapter 16 Cardiac System | 378 | ||
| MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY | 378 | ||
| POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY OF THE HEART | 407 | ||
| RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY | 413 | ||
| MYOCARDIAL INFARCT AND AMYLOIDOSIS IMAGING | 421 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 423 | ||
| Chapter 17 Pearls, Pitfalls, and Frequently Asked Questions | 424 | ||
| RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 424 | ||
| NUCLEAR MEDICINE PHYSICS | 425 | ||
| RADIATION DETECTION AND INSTRUMENTATION | 426 | ||
| SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY | 426 | ||
| ENDOCRINE | 427 | ||
| BONE | 429 | ||
| HEPATOBILIARY | 430 | ||
| GENITOURINARY | 432 | ||
| ONCOLOGY: POSITRON RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 432 | ||
| ONCOLOGY: SINGLE-PHOTON RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 433 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL | 434 | ||
| INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION | 435 | ||
| CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | 436 | ||
| CARDIAC | 437 | ||
| PULMONARY | 438 | ||
| Index | 441 |