Festschrift – The Institute of Nuclear Medicine : 50 Years

The Institute of Nuclear Medicine, founded in 1961, celebrates with this Festschrift, its Golden Jubilee. It has been a remarkable 50 years of progress of the radionuclide tracer methodology. From initial, physiology based experimentation, a full independent medical discipline evolved, and with it, a comprehensive clinical service. Diagnosis and Treatment with radiotracers have established the basis for Nuclear Medicine. Technological advances have permeated the field like none other, its multidisciplinary character and its translational research are embedded in the history of the Institute and its success. Recent and latest advances in the field promise a future as bright as has been witnessed and documented in the last 50 years. Front Matter....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-21 Introduction....Pages 23-27 What is Nuclear Medicine?....Pages 29-34 Early Days....Pages 35-39 In Vitro Research and Development....Pages 41-46 In Vivo Research and Development up to 1976....Pages 47-58 In Vivo Research and Development: 1976–1986....Pages 59-78 Physiological Research....Pages 79-85 Teaching....Pages 87-92 The Future....Pages 93-96 Contributions to Medical and Scientific Literature....Pages 97-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Bone Densitometry and Osteoporosis....Pages 129-131 Brain Blood Flow and Neuroreceptor Imaging....Pages 133-134 Neuroreceptor Studies....Pages 135-137 The Sentinel Node....Pages 139-143 Nuclear Cardiology....Pages 145-149 The Institute and its European Impact....Pages 151-154 The Institute and the Lancet....Pages 155-163 The new UCLH Hospital and the Institute of Nuclear Medicine....Pages 165-170 Radiochemistry and Pre-clinical First Steps....Pages 171-175 Medical physics and evolving technology: hybrid systems and solid state imaging....Pages 177-199 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Treating Disease....Pages 201-208 The Institute and the Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre (CBRC)....Pages 209-215 PETMR and The Charity University College London Hospitals....Pages 217-221 Conclusion....Pages 223-224 References: 1986–2011....Pages 225-267