Sampson's textbook of radiopharmacy /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Theobald, A. E., Sampson, Charles B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2011.
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • What is radiopharmacy?
  • Nuclear structure and radioactivity
  • Radiation protection
  • Detection of radiation
  • Physics applied to radiopharmacy: imaging instruments for nuclear medicine
  • Production of radionuclides
  • Radiopharmaceutical chemistry: basic concepts
  • Fundamentals of technetium and rhenium chemistry
  • Trivalent metals and thallium
  • Radiohologenation
  • Radiolabelling approaches with fluorine-18
  • Carbon-11
  • Other radioelements
  • Radiolabelling of biomolecules
  • Radiopharmacokinetics
  • Receptors and transporters
  • Radiometry dosimetry for targeted radionuclide therapy
  • Survey of current diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
  • Survey of current therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals
  • Formulation of radiopharmaceuticals
  • Principles and operation of radionuclide generators
  • Quality assurance requirements
  • Quality control methods for radiopharmaceuticals
  • Radiolabelling of blood cells: theory and practice
  • Particulate radiopharmaceuticals
  • Design and operation of radiopharmacy facilities
  • Regulation of radiopharmacy practice in Europe
  • Regulation of radiopharmacy practice in the United Kingdom
  • Regulation of nuclear pharmacy practice in the United States
  • Packaging and transport of radiopharmaceuticals
  • Patient safety and dispensing of radiopharmaceuticals
  • The effect of patient medication and other factors on the biodistribution of radiopharmaceuticals
  • Use of drugs to enhance nuclear medicine studies
  • Molecular biology techniques in radiopharmaceutical development
  • Chemical characterization of radiopharmaceuticals
  • Evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals using cell culture models
  • Animal models: preclinical molecular imaging, why and how?