Advancing nuclear medicine through innovation.9780309110679 Advancing nuclear medicine through innovation. Ed. by Committee on State of the Science of Nuclear Medicine et al. National Academies Press 2007 159 pages $48.00 Paperback R895 Three groups were involved in carrying out the study on which this report is based: the Committee on State of the Science of Nuclear Medicine; the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, division of Earth and life studies; and the Board on Health Sciences Policy of the Institute of Medicine. Following an introduction describing the study and a description of nuclear medicine and the use of nuclear medicine imaging nuclear medicine imaging, n the diagnostic imaging field that evaluates organ function by injecting isotopes into a structure and documenting the amount of radiation emanating from the tissues. , the report analyzes and offers recommendations on areas that include targeted radionuclide radionuclide /ra·dio·nu·clide/ (-noo´klid) a nuclide that disintegrates with the emission of corpuscular or electromagnetic radiations. ra·di·o·nu·clide n. therapy, the availability of radionuclides for research, and radiotracer radiotracer /ra·dio·tra·cer/ (-tra´ser) radioactive tracer. ra·di·o·trac·er n. A radioactive isotope used as tracer. radiotracer a radioactive tracer. and radiopharmaceutical radiopharmaceutical /ra·dio·phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal/ (-fahr?mah-soo´ti-k'l) a radioactive pharmaceutical, nuclide, or other chemical used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. chemistry. A chapter is included on education and training in the field, with comments on the current workforce and recommendations. The volume includes a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. and list of references, but is not indexed. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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