Publisher's Synopsis
Nuclear medicine has an established place in modern medicine. The first clinically useful applications of the radioactive tracer method was developed in the 1940s.;The scope of nuclear medicine has grown spectacularly in this period, but its nature has also altered due to the introduction and development of other imaging modalities, notably X-Ray CT scanning, magnetic resonance imaging and diagnostic ultrasound. Nuclear medicine, however, remains unique in its ability to yield functionally based rather than anatomically based information.;This series of books "Clinician's Guide to Nuclear Medicine" intends to present the clinical utility of Nuclear Medicine to all doctors, whether in general medicine/surgery or specialized fields.;The book should act as a guide to clinicians interested in the radioactive tracer method in their own speciality or in clinical practice.;The British Nuclear Medicine Society hopes that these books will help the clinician to understand the potential and wide-ranging applications of the radioactive tracer method to medicine in general and to clinical problem-solving in particular.
