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Radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear pharmacy and nuclear medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kowalsky, Richard J.
Other Authors: Falen, Steven W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : APhA, American Pharmacists Association, [2004]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Radiopharmaceuticals > diagnostic use.
Radiopharmaceuticals > therapeutic use.
Nuclear Medicine.
Radiochemistry > methods.
Table of Contents:
  • Radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear medicine, and nuclear pharmacy : an overview
  • Radioactive decay
  • Radiation detection and measurement
  • Radiation protection and risk
  • Radiation safety
  • Radiation biology
  • Licensing and regulatory control / Neil A. Petry
  • Radionuclide production
  • Radiopharmaceutical chemistry
  • Radiopharmaceuticals for positron emission tomography / Stephen M. Moerlein
  • The nuclear pharmacy / Kristina M. Wittstrom
  • Quality control in nuclear pharmacy / Joseph C. Hung
  • Brain
  • Thyroid
  • Heart
  • Lung
  • Liver, spleen, and gastrointestinal system
  • Kidney
  • Bone
  • Total-body and miscellaneous procedures
  • Monoclonal antibodies
  • In vivo function studies
  • Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals