A History of Radionuclide Studies in the UK : 50th Anniversary of the British Nuclear Medicine Society

The British Nuclear Medicine Society celebrates its 50 th Anniversary with this booklet, which reflects the research of many of the pioneers in the use of radionuclides for the diagnosis and therapy of human disease. Since 1949 there have been remarkable advances in radionuclide techniques and imaging equipment: from the first devices “home-made” in the many physics departments throughout the UK, to the sophisticated multimodality imagers now in everyday use in Nuclear Medicine. The BNMS has been instrumental in promoting the use of radionuclide techniques in the investigation of pathology by supporting and providing education, research and guidelines on the optimum use of radiation to help patients. The future of Nuclear Medicine is bright, thanks to improved imaging resolution, new radiopharmaceuticals, and new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii History of the BNMS 1966–2016....Pages 1-7 A History of Nuclear Medicine in the UK....Pages 9-18 The Evolution of Training in Nuclear Medicine in the UK....Pages 19-24 A Technologists Viewpoint....Pages 25-31 Evolution of Nuclear Medicine Physics in the UK....Pages 33-38 The Institute of Nuclear Medicine London....Pages 39-46 A History of Nuclear Medicine in the UK Radionuclide Investigation of the Brain....Pages 47-52 A History of Nuclear Cardiology in the UK....Pages 53-62 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Paediatric Nuclear Medicine in the UK....Pages 63-69 Renal Radionuclide Studies....Pages 71-76 St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Medical School: Department of Nuclear Medicine....Pages 77-82 Nuclear Medicine at the Hammersmith Hospital....Pages 83-93 Nuclear Medicine in Nottingham: Antibodies, Gamma Probes and Drug Delivery....Pages 95-101 The Introduction and Development of Clinical PET in the United Kingdom....Pages 103-110 Bone Radionuclide Imaging, Quantitation and Bone Densitometry....Pages 111-120 Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in the UK....Pages 121-128 Hospital Radiopharmacy in the UK....Pages 129-134 Development of Computers in Nuclear Medicine....Pages 135-140 The Future Direction of Radiopharmaceutical Development....Pages 141-148 A Personal Reflection....Pages 149-152 "The British Nuclear Medicine Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary with this booklet, which reflects the research of many of the pioneers in the use of radionuclides for the diagnosis and therapy of human disease. Since 1949 there have been remarkable advances in radionuclide techniques and imaging equipment: from the first devices "home-made" in the many physics departments throughout the UK, to the sophisticated multimodality imagers now in everyday use in Nuclear Medicine. The BNMS has been instrumental in promoting the use of radionuclide techniques in the investigation of pathology by supporting and providing education, research and guidelines on the optimum use of radiation to help patients. The future of Nuclear Medicine is bright, thanks to improved imaging resolution, new radiopharmaceuticals, and new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures"--Publisher's description "The British Nuclear Medicine Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary with this booklet, which reflects the research of many of the pioneers in the use of radionuclides for the diagnosis and therapy of human disease. Since 1949 there have been remarkable advances in radionuclide techniques and imaging equipment : from the first devices "home-made" in the many physics departments throughout the UK, to the sophisticated multimodality imagers now in everyday use in Nuclear Medicine. The BNMS has been instrumental in promoting the use of radionuclide techniques in the investigation of pathology by supporting and providing education, research and guidelines on the optimum use of radiation to help patients. The future of Nuclear Medicine is bright, thanks to improved imaging resolution, new radiopharmaceuticals, and new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures"--Résumé de l'éditeur The British Nuclear Medicine Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary with this booklet, which reflects the research of many of the pioneers in the use of radionuclides for the diagnosis and therapy of human disease. Since 1949 there have been remarkable advances in radionuclide techniques and imaging equipment: from the first devices ĺlhome-madeĺl in the many physics departments throughout the UK, to the sophisticated multimodality imagers now in everyday use in Nuclear Medicine. The BNMS has been instrumental in promoting the use of radionuclide techniques in the investigation of pathology by supporting and providing education, research and guidelines on the optimum use of radiation to help patients. The future of Nuclear Medicine is bright, thanks to improved imaging resolution, new radiopharmaceuticals, and new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures Earth System Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Climatology; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Chemical Exchanges; Biogeochemistry; COST 735; air-sea interface; Trace gases; SOLAS