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Smith, Blaine T

Nuclear Pharmacy: Concepts and Applications

ISBN 978-3-7692-5227-9

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Abstract

Written by experienced academics, this textbook provides a concise introduction to nuclear pharmacy. It covers the basic science needed and discusses essential information such as applications of radiopharmaceuticals in current practice. It begins with an introduction to the basic science of radioactive decay, covering the physics of radioactive decay, the atom and the nature of radioactive decay. The text also discusses the mathematics involved in nuclear medicine and nuclear pharmacy calculations and currently used radio-pharmaceuticals and their indications and preparation.

Contents:
1. Radioactive drugs in Medicine: Radiopharmaceuticals
2. Introduction to radioactivity and radioactive decay
3. The Physiologic basis of radiopharmaceuticals
4. Nuclear pharmacy operations
5. Nuclear pharmacy practice
6. Radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine
7. Positron emission tomography (PET)
8. Interventional agents used in Nuclear Medicine
9. Clinical applications of radiopharmaceuticals
10. Answers to SAQs

2010. 292 p.
soft cover

Deutscher Apotheker Verlag