Sampson's Textbook of Radiopharmacy

1. What Is Radiopharmacy? 2. Nuclear Structure and Radioactivity 3. Radiation Protection 4. Detection of Radiation 5. Physics Applied to Radiopharmacy - Imaging Instruments for Nuclear Medicine 6. Production of Radionuclides 7. Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry - Basic Concepts 8. Fundamentals of Technetium and Rhenium Chemistry 9. Trivalent metals and thallium 10. Radiohalogenation 11. Radiolabeling Approaches with Fluorine-18 12. Carbon-11 13. Other Radioelements 14. Radiolabelling of Biomolecules 15. Radiopharmacokinetics 16. Receptors and Transporters 17. Radiation Dosimetry for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy 18. Survey of Current Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals 19. Survey of Current Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals 20. Formulation of Radiopharmaceuticals 21. Principles and Operation of Radionuclide Generators 22. Quality Assurance Requirements 23. Quality Control Methods for Radiopharmaceuticals 24. Radiolabelling of Blood Cells - Theory and Practice 25. Particulate Radiopharmaceuticals 26. Design and Operation of Radiopharmacy Facilities 27. Regulation of Radiopharmacy Practice in Europe 28. Regulation of Radiopharmacy Practice in the United Kingdom 29. Regulation of Nuclear Pharmacy Practice in the United States 30. Packaging and Transport of Radiopharmaceuticals 31. Patient Safety and Dispensing of Radiopharmaceuticals 32. The Effect of Patient Medication 33. Use of Drugs to Enhance Nuclear Medicine Studies 34. Molecular Biology Techniques in Radiopharmaceutical Development 35. Chemical Characterisation of Radiopharmaceuticals 36. Evaluation of Radiopharmaceuticals Using Cell Culture Models 37. Animal Models: Preclinical Molecular Imaging, Why and How?