Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• 1. Radiopharmaceuticals, Nuclear Medicine, and Nuclear
• Pharmacy: An Overview
• 2. Radioactive Decay
• 3. Radionuclide Production
• 4. Interactions of Radiation with Matter
• 5. Radiation Detection and Instrumentation
• 6. Radiation Measurement, Protection, and Risk
• 7. Radiation Safety
• 8. Radiation Biology
• 9. Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry: General Topics
• 10. Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry: Technetium Agents
• 11. Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry: Nontechnetium Agents
• 12. Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry: PET Agents by Stephen M.
• Moerlein
• 13. The Nuclear Pharmacy by Kristina M. Wittstrom
• 14. Quality Control in Nuclear Pharmacy by Joseph C. Hung
• 15. Microbiologic Control for Radiopharmaceuticals by James F.
• Cooper
• 16. Radiopharmaceutical Special Topics by James A. Ponto
• 17. Molecular Imaging and the Development of New
• Radiopharmaceuticals by Stephen M. Moerlein
• 18. Licensing and Regulatory Control by Neil A. Petry
• 19. Brain
• 20. Thyroid
• 21. Heart
• 22. Lung
• 23. Liver, Spleen, and Gastrointestinal System
• 24. Kidney
• 25. Bone
• 26. Total-Body SPECT Procedures
• 27. Clinical PET Procedures
• 28. Antibodies and Peptides
• 29. Therapeutic Applications of Radioactive Agents
• 30. In Vivo Function Studies
• Index

About the Author

Richard J. Kowalsky, PharmD, FAPhA, is Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also Director of the Nuclear Pharmacy Laboratory at UNC Hospitals.

Steven W. Falen, MD, PhD, is Medical Director of the Northern California PET Imaging Center, Sacramento, California. He is board certified in both diagnostic radiology (ABR) and nuclear medicine (ABNM).