Textbook of veterinary nuclear medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Berry, Clifford R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Knoxville, Tenn.] : American College of Veterinary Radiology, [2006]
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Veterinary nuclear medicine. Veterinary medicine. Radiopharmaceuticals. Radiography > veterinary. Ultrasonography > veterinary. Veterinary Medicine.

Table of Contents:

Radioactive decay, radioactivity, Tc-99m generator, and radiopharmaceuticals
Radiation detectors
Single photon emssion [emission] [computed] tomography and positron emission tomography
Quality control and image artifacts
Digital image processing
Radiation safety, personnel radiation monitorning and licensing issues
Principles of image interpretation, nuclear medicine counting statistics and an introduction to kinetic modeling
Small animal skeletal scintigraphy
Equine skeletal scintigraphy
Thyroid scintigraphy
Parathyroid scintigraphy
Hepatic scintigraphy
Scintigraphic detection of portosystemic shunts
First pass radionuclide angiocardiography and shunt analysis
Gated radionuclide ventriculography
Gastrointestinal nuclear medicine
Pulmonary and mucociliary scintigraphy
Renal scintigrapy
Lymphoscintigrapy
Scintigraphic imaging of inflammation and infection
Receptor, monoclonal antibody and peptide imaging
Thyroid radiotherapy : iodine-131
Primary or metastatic bone tumor therapy using Samarium-153-EDTMP