Adrenal Gland
Fig. 9.1 Thirty-two-year-old male with suspected pheochromocytoma. Anterior 131I-MIBG whole-body image with different intensity is shown. There is increased uptake at the supraclavicular region bilaterally. This pattern is due to…
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Natural sources Man-made sources External radiation Medical Cosmic rays Occupational Terrestrial radiation (radioactive material in rocks, such as potassium-40) Nuclear power Internal radiation Nuclear explosions Inhalation (radon gas) Nuclear accidents…
Basis of Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine
Oncologic 1. Lymphomas and leukemias 2. Polycythemia rubra vera 3. Solid tumors (thyroid carcinoma, neuroblastoma, ovarian, prostate, breast, osteogenic sarcoma, others) 4. Treatment of metastasis-induced bone pain Non-oncologic 1. Benign…
Nuclear Cardiology 1: Myocardial Contractility and Assessment of Cardiac Function
Fig. 14.1 Cutaway view of the heart (AHE) The coronary arteries originate from the left and right coronary sinuses of the aorta (Fig. 14.2). The left main coronary artery, which…
Lymphoscintigraphy
Class Causes Primary Congenital lymphedema Praecox (before age 35) Tarda (after age 35) Secondary Inflammation Malignancy Radiation therapy Filariasis Surgical dissection Trauma Recurrent dermatitis 19.3.2 Lymph Nodes with Metastases In…
Nuclear Oncology 1: Principles of Tumor Pathology and Biology
, Ahmad Elkhodary2 and Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar3 (1) Oncology Center of Excellence, International Medical Center, 2172, Jeddah, 21451, Saudi Arabia (2) Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (3)…
Thyroid Gland
(1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA 7.1 Thyroid Anatomy 7.2 Hormone Synthesis and Secretion 7.2.1 Iodide Transport 7.2.2 Hormone Synthesis 7.2.3 Release of Hormone…
Pathophysiology: General Principles
Hypoxic: most common Chemical Structural trauma Infectious Immunological/inflammatory Genetic derangement Nutritional imbalance Table 1.2 Main general responses to injury Cellular adaptation Atrophy Hypertrophy Hyperplasia Metaplasia Dysplasia Cell death Apoptosis Necrosis…
Basis of Radiopharmaceutical Localization
Radiopharmaceutical Application Indication for imaging Radiolabeled particles 99mTc-MAA, 10–50 μm Capillary blockade Lung perfusion 99mTc-DTPA, aerosol, 1–4 μm Sedimentation in bronchioles Lung ventilation 99mTc-Sulfur colloid, 0.1–1.0 μm Reticuloendothelial function Liver,…
The Cell and Tissue Biology
Fig. 2.1 (a) Electron micrograph of an animal cell showing major organelles within the cell. (b) Schematic drawing of the cell clearly depicting the intricate network of interconnecting intracellular membrane…
