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Radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear pharmacy and nuclear medicine
Title:
Radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear pharmacy and nuclear medicine
Author:
Kowalsky, Richard J.
ISBN:
9781582120317
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : APhA, American Pharmacists Association, c2004.
Physical Description:
xiii, 825 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine practice. c1987.
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.