This publication contains a collection of 22 manuscripts by authors
invited to write review articles. They are based on lectures presented
on the First and Second Training Course in Radiopharmacy and
Radiopharmacology. These courses were organized under the auspices of
the "Joint Committee on Radiopharmaceuticals" of both European Societies
of Nuclear Medicine (ENMS and SNME) and were sponsored by the European
Society of Nuclear Medicine (ENMS). Recent developments in radiopharmacy
and radiopharmacology have been very complex; they cannot be overlooked
by the medical staff in nuclear medical departments. This book has been
written to provide access to recent research and to practical daily
routine in patients' investigations. It provides a wide-ranging and
topical overview of radiopharmacology in- cluding chapters on basic
chemistry and physics, incorporation dosimetry, interference of drugs in
radiopharmacokinetics, legal aspects and stable isotope-labelled
pharmaceuticals. Style of presentation is not uniform. Par- tial
overlapping concerning the content of papers has not been avoided in
order to ensure different views and aspects of the same subject. We hope
that the interdisciplinary approach will be stimulating and
thought-provok- ing for the reader. Consequently, this book is designed
for specialists work- ing in nuclear medical centres which involve
different disciplines such as pharmacists, radiochemists, physicists,
biochemists, biologists, mathemati- cians, electronic engineers,
physicians with different specialities, and tech- nicians.
