Frontiers in nuclear medicine [selected papers from the manuscripts submitted for the 2. International congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, held in Washington, DC in September 1978

In Zurich at the 7th International Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Hedicine in Europe, held in 1969, a group of young scientists from eleven countries dedicated some papers to the memory of Georg von Hevesy. The papers were published in a book entitled "Frontiers of Nuclear Medicine" (Springer-verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York). On the occasion of the Second International World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology held in 1978 in Washington D.C., under the presidency of Henry N. Wagner, Jr., a group of young scientists again dedicated important papers from the Congress to the memory of Georg von Hevesy. This book consists of these papers, which present new results in the field of Nuclear Medicine reported by physicians, physicists, chemists, engineers, and computer scientists. The Georg von Hevesy Foundation of Nuclear Medicine in Zurich, Switzerland together with the president of the Second World Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Henry N. Wagner, Jr., have been the major forces in arranging publication of this book. The Georg von Hevesy Foundation is sponsoring the Hevesy Prize for Nuclear Medicine, the Hevesy Medal, and the Hevesy Memorial Lecture Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Introduction....Pages 1-3 Noninvasive Detection of 47% Diameter Coronary Stenosis by Myocardial Emission Computed Tomography of Nitrogen-13 Ammonia During Pharmacologic Coronary Vasodilation in Intact Dogs....Pages 4-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Regional Myocardial Perfusion Assessed by Nitrogen-13 Labeled Ammonia and Positron Emission Computerized Axial Tomography....Pages 20-34 Physiologic Tomography....Pages 35-51 Dynamic Emission Transaxial Tomography for Positron Emitters....Pages 52-70 Improved Longitudinal and Transverse Single-Photon Emission Computed Body Tomography Using an Anger Tomographic Scanner....Pages 71-78 Rapid and Inexpensive Cardiac Tomography Using a Widefield Anger Camera....Pages 79-89 Image Processing and Displays....Pages 90-104 Kinetic Studies Comparing Nuclear Methods With Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography....Pages 105-114 Front Matter....Pages 115-115 Pharmacokinetic Imaging: A New Concept in Functional Imaging....Pages 116-122 Ruthenium-97 Labeled Compounds — a New Class of Radiopharmaceuticals....Pages 123-133 The Transferrin-Receptor Hypothesis: Mechanism of Tumor Uptake of Carrier-Free Gallium-67....Pages 134-153 Factors Affecting 67 Ga Distribution....Pages 154-161 Molecular Basis of the Regulation of Iron-59 and Gallium-67 Transport in Normal and Simian Virus 40-Transformed Cells....Pages 162-182 Effect of Carrier on the Distribution of 54 Mn and 67 Ga in Tumor-Bearing Animals....Pages 183-188 The Effect of Continuous Infusion on Tissue Distribution of 54 Mn and 67 Ga in Tumor-Bearing Animals....Pages 189-192 13 N-L-Amino Acids Synthesized Enzymatically for in vivo Metabolic Studies....Pages 193-198 The Use of a Crown Ether to Synthesize a Fluorine-18 Labeled Steroid....Pages 199-202 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by First Pass Radionuclide Exercise Testing....Pages 204-213 Response of Left Ventricular Volume and Ejection Fraction to Exercise in Normal Persons and Patients With Angina Pectoris....Pages 214-221 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Measurement of Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation by Gated Cardiac Blood Pool Scans....Pages 222-228 The Effect of Beta Adrenergic Blocking Drugs on Left Ventricular Function in Thyrotoxicosis....Pages 229-234 Trend Scintigrams in Studies of Ventricular Function....Pages 235-241 Perfusion Scintigraphy Compared With Pulmonary Arteriography in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 242-256 The Deposition of Labeled Aerosols in Lung Disorders....Pages 257-270 Preimplantation Evaluation of Renal Transplant Donor Kidneys....Pages 271-275 Assessment of the Value of Scintigraphic Procedures: A Case Study....Pages 276-284 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Radiorespirometry in Identification of Mycobacteria....Pages 286-298 Quantitative Solid Phase Radioimmunoassay of Allergen-Specific IgG....Pages 299-307 A Receptor Assay of Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator (LATS)....Pages 308-317 Radioimmunoassay: Past, Present, and Potential....Pages 318-327 Back Matter....Pages 329-338