Progress in Radiopharmacology 3 : Selected Topics Proceedings of the Third European Symposium on Radiopharmacology Held at Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, April 22–24, 1982

The publication of this volume, which is based upon presentations made to the Third European Symposium on Radiopharmacology at Noordwijkerhout, April 22 - 24, 1982, is indicative of the continued interest in this sub-branch of Nuclear Medicine. The transactions of the first two meetings were published as Progress in Radiopharmacology, Volumes 1 and 2 by Elsevier/North-Holland Bio­ medical Press. We are particularly pleased to have reached an agreement with Martinus Nijhoff Publishers to include Progress in Radiopharmacology 3 in the series Developments in Nuclear Medicine. This not only ensures the continuity of the series but by including it in a series of Nuclear Medical Monographs the availability of the text to more general readers, for background information, is greatly enhanced. As with the previous two volumes each of the three topics has been so treated as to relate the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceuticals to normal and pathophysiological conditions to provide background information for the practising nuclear medical specialist. Special attention has been given to European activities but these have been clearly placed in context in relation to developments from outside Europe. The Third European Symposium on Radiopharmacology was held under the auspices of the European Joint Commitee on Radiopharmaceuticals of the European Nuclear Medicine Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine Europe. Solco Nuclear, Basle, provided both financial and material support and I would like to thank Dr M. de Schrijver, Mr. I. Waser and Mrs. E. Rufenacht for their continued help and encouragement. Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Kidney: Pathophysiology....Pages 3-12 Studies of the Renal Circulation with Radioxenon: Possibilities and Limitations....Pages 13-20 Biokinetics of Tc 99m -DTPA in Comparison with Hippuran....Pages 21-26 Determination of the Radiochemical Purity of Hippuran by HPLC....Pages 27-30 Technetium Complexes for Renal Scintigraphy....Pages 31-43 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Thyroid Physiology : Hormonogenesis and Iodine Storage....Pages 47-54 A Six Compartment Model for the Study of Early Kinetics of Thyroid Trap in Humans — Methodology and Results....Pages 55-66 The Relationship between Serum Thyroglobulin and Intrathyroidal Stable Iodine in Euthyroid Goitrous Patients....Pages 67-72 Why does Some Generator-Produced Pertechnetate-99m Fail to Concentrate in Thyroid?....Pages 73-80 The Kinetics of Thallium 201 Uptake in Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 81-86 Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry in the Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma with I-131....Pages 87-96 Radiohalogenated L-α-Methyltyrosines as Potential Pancreas Imaging Agents for PECT and SPECT....Pages 97-107 Steroid Metabolism in the Adrenal Cortex....Pages 109-115 The Pharmacokinetics of Scintadren....Pages 117-125 I-123(131) — Metyrapone: Factors Affecting Labelling....Pages 127-133 Localization of Radioiodinated Estrogenic Stilbenes in Normal and Neoplastic Rat Prostate....Pages 135-149 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Cerebral Blood Flow....Pages 153-169 Technetium Reagents for Cerebral Imaging: A Review....Pages 171-187 Measurement of Regional Cerebral Function for Neurological Research Using Positron Emission Tomography and Shortlived Cyclotron Produced Isotopes....Pages 189-198 3-( 11 C)-Methyl-D-Glucose, an Agent for the Assessment of Regional Glucose Transport Across the Blood-Brain Barrier....Pages 199-211 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 The Kinetics of 111 In-DTPA for Cisternography....Pages 213-222 Complications after Intrathecal Administration of Tc 99m DTPA....Pages 223-235 Ein Neues Radiopharmakon-Modell Für Die Augentumorszintigraphie....Pages 237-241 Mathematics in Radiopharmacology: A Necessary Symbiosis....Pages 243-247 Model Studies with Dual Labelling....Pages 249-252 Back Matter....Pages 253-256