Technetium-99m Pharmaceuticals

Technetium-99m Pharmaceuticals
Author: Ilse Zolle
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2007-01-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3540339906

Radioactive drug development is a multi-disciplinary task. Therefore, dedicated scientists and experts from different fields of specialisation have contributed to this book. The text reviews forty years of advances in radiopharmaceutical development based on Technetium. The first section reviews basic principles and analytic methods, and information on chemical makeup of radiopharmaceuticals. Part 2 reviews 99mTc-radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine, thoroughly outlining their chemistry, formulation, pharmacokinetics and clinical applications.