In addition to the practical, clinical information, this text provides expert guidance on protocols, procedures, quality control, quality assurance and governmental regulations in the field of nuclear medicine.

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Part 1 Basic sciences of nuclear medicine: basic physics of radioactive decay
statistics of radioactive decay
radiopharmaceuticals
internal and external dosimetry
biological effects of radiation
radiation detection
scanners (SPECT and PET)
Fourier process and filters
computers in NM
test performance and assessment. Part 2 Clinical nuclear medicine: bone
BMD
myocardial perfusion and necrosis
ventricular function
cardiac PET
thyroid
endocrine (parathyroid and adrenal)
PE
DVT detection to PE
GUS
CNS
GI
tumour
monoclonal antibodies
infection
AIDS
PET - non-cardiac
paediatrics
therapies (non-thyroidal)
transplants. Part 3 Regulatory and laboratory nuclear medicine: QA and QI
QC instruments
QC radiopharmaceuticals
laboratory tests
RIA and IRMA
governmental regulations
radiation protection programme
patient warning - therapy
protocols and tables
artifacts.