Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine is an essential reference for nuclear pharmacy practitioners, nuclear medicine technologists and nuclear medicine physicians. It will also be useful as a textbook in programs that educate these practitioners. Key subject areas include radiation physics and instrumentation, radiation protection, radioactivity calculations, radiopharmaceutical chemistry and radiation biology.

Features:

• The first 12 chapters present the information needed for a pharmacist to become an authorized nuclear pharmacist
• The remaining 11 chapters cover the diagnostic and therapeutic use of radiopharmaceuticals
• Expanded coverage of nuclear medicine applications of radiopharmaceuticals useful for nuclear pharmacy practitioners
• Some 150 tables and nearly 450 figures enrich and illustrate the text, and each chapter is referenced to the primary literature

Richard J. Kowalsky PharmD, BCNP, FAPhA
Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Associate Professor of Radiology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Steven W. Falen MD, PhD
Director of Nuclear Medicine and PET Services
Riverside Regional Medical Center
Newport News, Virginia