The Scintillating Future of Nuclear Medicine

Based on Papers Presented at the International Symposium on the 40th Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine, Held in Kobe, Japan, 1-3 November 2000

• Author(s): Tsunehiko Nishimura, Harry William Strauss, Minoru Fukuchi,
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Pages: 200
• ISBN_10: 0444506594
  ISBN_13: 9780444506597
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Allied Health Services / Imaging Technologies , Medical / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine ,

Description:... These proceedings deal with the future prospective of nuclear medicine in various disciplines such as Neurology, Cardiology and Oncology. Nuclear medicine is now shifting from functional, metabolic imaging to molecular imaging. Molecular imaging by labelled compounds has a brilliant future in the era of gene therapy. In conclusion, we may say that the future of nuclear medicine is still scintillating!