Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Part I: First Principles; Why Nuclear Imaging and Radiotherapy?; Fundamentals; What Is Nuclear Medicine?; Why Nuclear Imaging?; Why Nuclear Radiotherapy?; Why Nuclear Medicine Vis-a-Vis Alternatives?; Details; Clinical Applications for Nuclear Imaging; Clinical Applications of Nuclear Radiotherapy; Tricks of the Trade; What Tools Do We Need?; Controversial Issues; Will Other Imaging and Therapeutic Approaches Replace Nuclear Approaches?; The Future; What Does the Future of Nuclear Medicine Look Like?; The Bottom Line; References

A Short History of Nuclear MedicineThe Discovery of Radiation and Radioactivity; The Discovery of the Neutron; The Discovery of Artificial Radioactivity and the Tracer Principle; The Discovery and Use of the Radionuclides of Iodine; Early Studies with Radionuclides of Carbon; Post-World War II Nuclear Medicine; The 99Mo/99mTc Generator and 99mTc-Labeled Radiopharmaceuticals; Development of Imaging Instrumentation; The Production of Radionuclides; The Discovery and Applications of FDG; The Bottom Line; References