Nuclear Medicine (Encyclopedia of Health)

Reviews the history of nuclear medicine beginning with the discovery of the X-ray and follows the evolution of the field to the present, using specific medical problems in examples of how the technology works. CONTENTS FOREWORD MYSTERIOUS RAYS AND THE BIRTH OF RADIOLOGY THE USE OF RADIONUCLIDES NUCLEAR DIAGNOSTICS A VARIETY OF RADIATION THERAPIES RADIOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS CAREERS INNUCLEARMEDICINE ANDRADIOLOGY A LOOK INTO THEFUTURE APPENDIX FURTHER READING GLOSSARY INDEX