Synopsis of Pathophysiology in Nuclear Medicine

This book, now in its second edition, will serve as a quick reference  that will help the reader to understand different diagnostic  scintigraphic patterns and to select appropriate treatment modalities  based on functional imaging. The book concisely describes relevant  anatomic and physiologic considerations for each organ system and the  pathophysiologic features of different relevant diseases and relates  them to the scintigraphy of each system. It thereby provides an  informative synopsis of the pathophysiologic basis of nuclear medicine  and molecular imaging. The volume is divided into 13 chapters that  feature basic pathophysiology, cell biology and biologic effects of  ionizing radiation, radiopharmaceutical uptake and relevant anatomic and  physiologic considerations for each organ system and the  pathophysiologic features of different relevant diseases. The objective  of this volume is to provide a brief, easy to-use but nonetheless  comprehensive companion guide  to “The Pathophysiology Basis of Nuclear  Medicine” that will prove useful to undergraduates and postgraduates as  well as to practitioners in clinical and research fields.