Research Catalog

Title

The handbook of radiopharmaceuticals / Azuwuike Owunwanne, Mohan Patel and Samy Sadek.

Author

Owunwanne, Azuwuike.

Publication

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall Medical, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Patel, Mohan.
• Sadek, Samy.

Description

xi, 236 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Radioisotopes > pharmacology
• Radiopharmaceuticals > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Handbook
• Materia medica > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Diagnostic Techniques, Radioisotope
• Radioisotopes > chemistry
• Nuclear medicine
• Isotopes radioactifs en biologie
• Médecine nucléaire

Genre/Form

Handbook.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Radiobiopharmaceutics. 1. Preparation of radiopharmaceuticals. 2. Ideal characteristics of radiopharmaceuticals. 3. Quality control of radiopharmaceuticals. 4. Design of radiopharmaceuticals. 5. The fate of administered radiopharmaceuticals. 6. Drug-radiopharmaceutical interactions -- Pt. 2. Basic Aspects of Radiopharmaceuticals. 7. Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals. 8. Iodine radiopharmaceuticals. 9. Group IIIA radiopharmaceuticals. 10. Group VIA radiopharmaceuticals. 11. Antibodies. 12. Receptor radiopharmaceuticals. 13. Radioactive noble gases. 14. Positron emission tomographic (PET) radiopharmaceuticals. 15. Non-imaging radiopharmaceuticals. 16. Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals -- Pt. 3. Good Radiopharmacy Practice. 17. Design of a radiopharmacy. 18. Quality assurance. 19. Radiation protection and safety. 20. Disposal of radioactive waste material. 21. Regulatory policies and practice. Pt. 4. Appendices --
• Appendix A List of equipment, chemicals and consumables required in a radiopharmacy -- Appendix B Decay factors of radionuclides useful for nuclear medicine procedures -- Appendix C Recommended adult doses -- Appendix D Recommended pediatric dose as a fraction of the adult dose -- Appendix E Build-up factors at various times following previous elution of the [superscript 99]Mo-[superscript 99m]Tc generator -- Appendix F Conversion to SI units -- Appendix G Decay schemes for commonly used radionuclides -- Appendix H Physical properties and production modes of reactor-produced radionuclides -- Appendix I Physical properties and production modes of cyclotron-produced radionuclides.

ISBN

0412548801 (alk. paper)

LCCN

gb 95003804

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries