Nuclear Physics 3

Radiopharmaceuticals Used in Nuclear Medicine
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-78630-993-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sakho, Ibrahima

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Chapter 1. Radiological Imaging 1

1.1. Radiological imaging and nuclear medicine imaging 3

1.2. X-ray imaging 9

1.3. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) 18

1.4. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 35

1.5. Ultrasound imaging 71

Chapter 2. Technetized Radiopharmaceuticals and Radiothallium-201 used in Nuclear Medicine 77

2.1. Metastable technetium-99 and thallium-201 radiotracers 79

2.2. Metastable technetium-99 radiotracers 87

2.3. Technetium-labeled radiopharmaceuticals used in myocardial scintigraphy 91

2.4. Radiopharmaceuticals labeled with metastable technetium-99 used in lung scintigraphy 97

2.5. Radiopharmaceuticals used in brain scintigraphy 101

2.6. Production, use and dosimetry of radiothallium-201 107

2.7. Myocardial scintigraphy 112

2.8. Radiopharmaceuticals used in bone scintigraphy 122

2.9. Radiopharmaceuticals used in renal scintigraphy 127

2.10. Radiopharmaceuticals used in digestive scintigraphy 137

Chapter 3. Radioisotopes Fluorine-18, Metastable Krypton-81 and Iodine-123, 125 and 131 used in Nuclear Medicine 139

3.1. Properties and uses of the radiotracer 18FDG 140

3.2. Properties of the 81mKr radiotracer, dosimetry 154

3.3. Lung scintigraphy examination 157

3.4. Radiopharmaceuticals used in thyroid scintigraphy 161

3.5. General information on aerosols 177

3.6. Prostate disorders 183

3.7. Principle of prostate brachytherapy using an iodine-125 implant 195

3.8. Appendices 203

References 231

Index 255

Über Autor(innen)

Ibrahima Sakho is a teacher-researcher-writer at Iba Der Thiam University, Senegal. He has taught nuclear physics for more than 25 years. His main research interests include resonant photoionisation and assessing the risks of radiation-induced cancers due to off-field doses in external radiotherapy.