While nuclear medicine continues to be an important diagnostic technique for many conditions, rapid technological developments and shared expertise between radiologists and clinicians give it an increasingly important and much wider role, particularly in treatment. This changing scene is reflected in the contents of this fully updated third edition of 'Clinical Nuclear Medicine', written by a team of experienced international contributors from the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.



New material includes SPECT, image registration, new tracer...

Nuclear medicine is the bridge between a particular clinical problern and a relevant test using radionuclides. It began as a minor technical tool used in a few branches of medicine, notably endocrinology and nephrology. However, throughout the world it has now become established as a clinical discipline in its own right, with specific training programmes, special skills and a particular approach to patient management. Although the practising nuclear medicine physician must necessarily learn a great deal of basic science and technology, a sound medical training and a clinical approach to the...