Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Book

	Preface
	Preface to the First Edition
	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
Sect. I	Physics and Instrumentation	1
1	Basic Physics of Nuclear Medicine	3
2	Detectors	21
3	Anger Scintillation Camera	31
4	Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography	43
5	Positron Emission Tomography: Methods and Instrumentation	61
6	New Technologies in Nuclear Medicine	85
Sect. II	Radiopharmaceuticals, Radiation Protection, and Dosimetry	95
7	Radiopharmaceuticals	97
8	Accelerators and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radiopharmaceuticals	117
9	Radiation Protection	133
10	Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry	165
11	Radiobiology	185
Sect. III	Cardiovascular	205
12	Digital Techniques for the Acquisition, Processing and Analysis of Nuclear Cardiology Images	207
13	General Concepts of Ventricular Function, Myocardial Perfusion and Exercise Physiology Relevant to Nuclear Cardiology	223
14	Radionuclide Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function	239
15	Myocardial Perfusion Imaging	273
16	Assessment of Myocardial Viability	319
17	Myocardial Hotspot Imaging	333
Sect. IV	Pulmonary	343
18A	Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Venous Thromboembolism	345
18B	Detection of Deep Venous Thrombosis with [superscript 99M]TC-Labeled Peptides	367
19	Scintigraphic Studies of Nonembolic Lung Disease	377
Sect. V	Bone	411
20	Primary and Metastatic Bone Disease	413
21	Benign Bone Disease	429
22	Athletic Injuries	463
23	PET Imaging of the Skeletal System	477
Sect. VI	Gastroenterology	485
24	Esophageal Transit, Gastroesophageal Reflux, and Gastric Emptying	487
25	Cholescintigraphy: Correlation with Other Hepatobiliary Imaging Modalities	503
26	Scintigraphic Detection and Localization of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Sites	531
Sect. VII	Hematology	553
27	Blood Volume and Vitamin B[subscript 12] Gastrointestinal Absorption	555
28	Bone Marrow and Scintigraphy	565
Sect. VIII	Endocrinology	589
29	Laboratory (in vitro) Assessment of Thyroid Function	591
30	Thyroid Imaging	607
31	Radioiodine Treatment of Thyroid Diseases	653
32	Parathyroid Glands	671
33	Bone Densitometry and the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis	697
34	Adrenal Scintigraphy and Metaiodobenzylguanidine Therapy of Neuroendocrine Tumors	715
35	Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy	735
36	PET for Clinical Diagnosis and Research in Neuroendocrine Tumors	747
Sect. IX	Neurology	755
37	SPECT Brain Imaging	757
38	Role of Positron Emission Tomography in the Investigation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders	783
39	SPECT Imaing of Cerebral Neurotransmission	821
40	Cerebrospinal Fluid Imaging	835
Sect. X	Nephrology	849
41	Renal Radionuclides and In Vitro Quantitation	851
42	Renal Nuclear Medicine	865
43	Scrotal Scintigraphy	903
Sect. XI	Oncology	911
44	Gallium-67 Imaging for Detection of Malignant Disease	913
45	Thallium-201 and Technetium-99m Methoxyisobutyl Isonitrile (MIBI) in Nuclear Oncology	931
46	Clinical Applications of Monoclonal Antibody Imaging	951
47	Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibody Therapy	969
48	Application of PET in Oncologic Imaging	987
49	Sentinel Node Staging of Early Breast Cancer With Lymphoscintigraphy and an Intraoperative Gamma-Detecting Probe	1015
50	Treatment of Pain from Bone Metastases Employing Unsealed Sources	1027
Sect. XII	Transplantation	1035
51	Evaluation of Renal and Pancreatic Transplants	1037
52	Heart and Lung Transplantation	1051
53	Liver Transplantation	1073
Sect. XIII	Pediatrics	1081
54	Nuclear Medicine in Pediatric Nephrology and Urology	1083
55	Specific Problems and Musculoskeletal Imaging in Children	1107
56	Scintigraphy of Childhood Malignancies	1117
57	Cardiopulmonary Studies in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine	1161
58	Pediatric Brain Imaging	1179
Sect. XIV	Inflammation	1203
59	Gallium-67 Imaging in Infection	1205
60	Detection of Inflammatory Disease With Radiolabeled Cells	1219
61	Detection of Focal Inflammation Using Radiolabled, Nonspecific Human Polyclonal Immunoglobulin-G	1235
	Subject Index	1245