Endocrine System

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   7.1 Thyroid Gland 7.1.1 Anatomical and Physiological Considerations 7.1.2 Thyroid Radiopharmaceuticals 7.1.3 Major Thyroid Disorders 7.1.4 Thyroid Dysfunction During Pregnancy…

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Genitourinary System

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   6.1 Anatomical and Physiological Considerations 6.1.1 Major Structures 6.1.2 The Nephron 6.1.3 Renal Vasculature 6.1.4 Juxtaglomerular Apparatus 6.2 Renal Radiopharmaceuticals…

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Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   15.1 Ionizing Radiation 15.2 Mechanisms of Radiation Effects 15.2.1 Direct Effect 15.2.2 Indirect Effect 15.3 Factors Affecting Radiation Hazards 15.3.1…

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Basis of Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   14.1 Radionuclide Therapy 14.2 Treatment of Hyperthyroidism 14.2.1 Pathophysiology 14.2.2 Mechanisms of Therapeutic Effects 14.2.3 Factors Affecting the Dose of…

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Pathophysiology: General Principles

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   1.1 Introduction 1.2 Pathology 1.3 Definition of Disease 1.3.1 Homeostasis 1.3.2 The Genome 1.4 Physiology 1.5 Pathophysiology 1.6 Basic Major…

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Inflammation

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   4.1 Definition 4.2 Classification of Inflammation 4.3 General Pathophysiological Changes of Inflammation 4.3.1 Local Pathophysiological Changes of Inflammation 4.3.2 Systemic…

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The Cell and Tissue Biology

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   2.1 Introduction 2.2 Cell Structure and Function 2.2.1 Plasma Membrane 2.2.2 Cytoplasm and Its Organelles 2.2.3 Cytoskeleton 2.2.4 Nucleus 2.3…

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Basis of Radiopharmaceutical Localization

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(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait   3.1 Radiopharmaceuticals 3.2 Mechanism(s) of Radiopharmaceutical Localization 3.2.1 Isotope Dilution 3.2.2 Capillary Blockade 3.2.3 Physicochemical Adsorption 3.2.4 Cellular Migration and…

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Production of Radionuclides

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Fig. 5.1 Schematics of a cyclotron. A and B dees with vacuum, D deflector, S ion source, V alternating voltage, W window (5.1) The beam energy may range from a…

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Statistics of Radiation Counting

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The standard deviation of a series of measurements indicates the deviation from the mean value and is a measure of the precision of the measurements . Radioactive decay follows the…

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