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…
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…
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…
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…
, 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)…
(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…
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…
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,…
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…
