In 1955, the first nuclear medicine division was established in Thailand by Professor Romsai Suwannik in the Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospil, Mahidol University in Bangkok. In 1959 four years later, the second nuclear medicine division was established in the Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok. The third nuclear medicine division was started in Rajvithi Hospital i...

I n November 2011 and in March 2012, the American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM), SNM, American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM), and Nuclear Medicine Residency Review Committee (NM RRC) of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) challenged a recent change to the diagnostic radiology (DR) residency program requirements and proposed changes to the nuclear radiology f...

introduction: journal clubs play an important role in teaching evidence based medicine (ebm). evidence based journal clubs focus on real problems of the group, and set a minimum level of evidence for articles to be presented, and in the end a clinical bottom line is set to be used in the daily clinical practice. in this article, we have explained our experience in running evidence based journal...

PET (positron emission tomography) is a powerful imaging technique that can provide quantitative information on the distribution of positron emitter labeled radiopharmaceuticals (PET radiopharmaceuticals) in the body. Positrons (ß+) are positively charged beta particles. They are emitted when the atom is proton rich. A positron has only a transient existence. After losing all of its kinetic ene...

PET (positron emission tomography) is a powerful imaging technique that can provide quantitative information on the distribution of positron emitter labeled radiopharmaceuticals (PET radiopharmaceuticals) in the body. Positrons (ß+) are positively charged beta particles. They are emitted when the atom is proton rich. A positron has only a transient existence. After losing all of its kinetic ene...

The largest man-made contributor to the ionising radiation dose to the Australian population is from diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine. The last estimation of this dose was made in 2004 (1.3 mSv), this paper describes a recent re-evaluation of this dose to reflect the changes in imaging trends and technology. The estimation was calculated by summing the dose from five modalities, computed...

Abstract Nuclear nanomedicine forms a new research field based on the synergy of nuclear medicine and nanotechnology implying use nanomaterials as carriers diagnostic or therapeutic radionuclides. Such an approach promises series advantages over classical methods medicine, including increased surface area-to-volume ratio, passive/active delivery, high loading capacity, large cross-section in in...

introduction: radioactive materials deliver internal radiation dose to patients in nuclear medicine. manual internal radiation dose assessment is a complicated method. introduction of a simple dose calculation software is the main goal of the present study. methods: using the best current data in internal dose calculation (s-factors) recommended by icrp and by considering other technical metho...

annually, many people are irradiated for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. assessment of radiation dose and its related risks to patients are important issues in radiation protection dosimetry. the complex mathematical calculations of the absorbed and effective doses are now done with computers. the calculations are performed with the help of anthropomorphic computational models of human bod...

The primary goal of diagnostic nuclear medicine is to provide complete and accurate reports without equivocation or disclaimers. If specific clinical questions cannot be answered because radiopharmaceutical extravasation, the imaging study may have repeated. decision reimage based on several factors including quality images, additional patient radiation dose, burden, administrative constraints....