Gastroenterology

Part of a series intended to present the clinical utility of nuclear medicine to doctors, this book acts as a guide to clinicians interested in the radioactive tracer method for treating gastroenterology. This text explores gastric emptying, liver disease, Meckel's diverticulum and the spleen.

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Nuclear medicine has an established place in modern medicine. The first clinically useful applications of the radioactive tracer method was developed in the 1940s. The scope of nuclear medicine has grown spectacularly in this period, but its nature has also altered due to the introduction and development of other imaging modalities, notably X-Ray CT scanning, magnetic resonance imaging and diagnostic ultrasound. Nuclear medicine, however, remains unique in its ability to yield functionally based rather than anatomically based information. This series of books "Clinician's Guide to Nuclear Medicine" intends to present the clinical utility of Nuclear Medicine to all doctors, whether in general medicine/surgery or specialized fields. The book should act as a guide to clinicians interested in the radioactive tracer method in their own speciality or in clinical practice. The British Nuclear Medicine Society hopes that these books will help the clinician to understand the potential and wide-ranging applications of the radioactive tracer method to medicine in general and to clinical problem-solving in particular.