Nuclear Medicine Textbook, 2 Teile: Methodology and Clinical Applications

Fundamentals of natural and artificial radioactivity.- Ionizing radiations and their interaction with matter.- General design of radiopharmaceuticals.- Pathophysiology of organs/diseases as it relates to radiopharmaceuticals' uptake.- Single-photon emitting radiopharmaceuticals.- Positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals Radiopharmaceuticals for therapy.- Radiopharmacy/radiochemistry for single-photon emitting and for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.- Radiopharmacy/radiochemistry for positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals.- Methods and instrumentation for measuring radioactivity.- General-purpose and dedicated gamma cameras.- Image acquisition and processing with gamma cameras (including SPECT/CT and dedicated gamma cameras).- Quality control of gamma cameras.- Principles of PET imaging.- Principles of CT imaging.- Principles of MR imaging.- PET/CT and PET/MR tomographs.- Image acquisition and processing with PET/CT and PET/M.- Quality control of PET/CT and PET/MR tomographs.- Essentials of CT image interpretation.- Essentials of MR image interpretation.- General principles of radionuclide therapy in oncology.- Radiation protection for patients, personnel, and the environment.- Principles of radiation biology and dosimetry for nuclear medicine procedures.- Hybrid imaging and radionuclide therapy of skeletal diseases.- Hybrid imaging of the cardiovascular system.- Hybrid imaging of pleuro-pulmonary diseases.- Hybrid imaging of the Central Nervous System.- Hybrid imaging of infection/inflammation.- Hybrid imaging of the gastrointestinal tract.- Hybrid imaging and radionuclide therapy of the liver and biliary tract.- Hybrid imaging and radionuclide therapy in endocrinology.- Hybrid imaging and radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumors.- Hybrid imaging of the lymphatic system.- Radioguided surgery.