Drugs that are currently used for therapeutic purposes can also be used in diagnostic tests. This paper will review the use of such pharmacological interventions in cardiac assessment in Nuclear Medicine. To fully comprehend the effect of these drugs, a small review of diagnostic nuclear medicine as currently used to assess cardiac perfusion is included. This will allow pharmacists to understan...

OBJECTIVE The optimization of medical exposure is one of the major issues regarding radiation protection in the world, and The International Committee of Radiological Protection and the International Atomic Energy Agency recommend establishing diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) as tools for dose optimization. Therefore, the development of DRLs based on the latest survey has been required for nu...

Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Department of Radiology, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK, Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Division of Human Health, Internatio...

Bangladesh is one of the smaller states in Asia. But it has a long and rich history of nuclear medicine for over sixty years. The progress in science and technology is always challenging in a developing country. In 1958, work for the first Nuclear Medicine facility was commenced in Dhaka in a tin-shed known as ‘Radioisotope Centre’ and was officially inaugurated in 1962. Since the late 50s of t...

1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China; 2Nuclear Medicine and PET Service, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 3Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Oncology, China–Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China; and 4Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Ba...

Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Department of Radiology, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK, Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Internatio...

introduction: nowadays, science mapping is considered an excellent technique for decision-makers to find solutions for problems in research planning and development. in this work, we aimed to depict a science map of “radiology, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging” in iran. methods: all publications indexed in thomson reuters web of science database in the fields mentioned above with at least ...

introduction: scattered photon is one of the main defects that degrade the quality and quantitative accuracy of nuclear medicine images. accurate estimation of scatter in projection data of spect is computationally extremely demanding for activity distribution in uniform and non-uniform dense media. methods: the objective of this paper is to develop and validate a scatter correction technique t...

context inherited and sporadic medullary thyroid cancer (mtc) is an uncommon and medically challenging malignancy. even if the extent of initial surgery is deemed adequate, the recurrence rate remains high, up to 50% in most series. measurement of serum calcitonin is important in the follow-up of patients with mtc, and reliably reflects the existence of the disease. evidence acquisition there i...

Integrated SPECT/CT scanners are gaining popularity as hybrid molecular imaging devices which can acquire SPECT and CT in a single exam. CT can be a low dose non-contrast enhanced scan for attenuation correction and anatomical localization, or a contrast enhanced diagnostic quality scan for additional anatomical characterization. We present a pictorial review highlighting the usefulness of this...