Includes bibliographical references and index

What is radiopharmacy? / Tony Theobald -- Nuclear structure and radioactivity / Richard Fernandez -- Radiation protection / Stanley Batchelor -- Detection of radiation / Alan C Perkins and John E Lees -- Physics applied to radiopharmacy : imaging instruments for nuclear medicine / Brian F Hutton -- Production of radionuclides / Steve McQuarrie -- Radiopharmaceutical chemistry : basic concepts / Philip J Blower -- Fundamentals of technetium and rhenium chemistry / Adriano Duatti -- Trivalent metals and thallium / Adrian D Hall -- Radiohologenation / Maggie Cooper -- Radiolabelling approaches with fluorine-18 / Julie L Sutcliffe and Henry F VanBrocklin -- Carbon-11 / Tony Gee -- Other radioelements / Philip J Blower -- Radiolabelling of biomolecules / Stephen J Mather -- Radiopharmacokinetics / Roger D Pickett, with the collaboration of colleagues at GE Healthcare -- Receptors and transporters / James M Stone and Erik ��rstad -- Radiometry dosimetry for targeted radionuclide therapy / Glenn Flux -- Survey of current diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals / Paul Maltby, Tony Theobald and members of the UK Radiopharmacy Group -- Survey of current therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals / Pei-San Chan and Jully Croasdale -- Formulation of radiopharmaceuticals / James R Ballinger -- Principles and operation of radionuclide generators / Joao Osso and Russ Knapp -- Quality assurance requirements / Alison Beaney -- Quality control methods for radiopharmaceuticals / Tony Theobald and Paul Maltby -- Radiolabelling of blood cells : theory and practice / Beverley Ellis -- Particulate radiopharmaceuticals / Peter Williamson, Pei-San Chan and Richard Southworth -- Design and operation of radiopharmacy facilities / Tom Murray and David Graham -- Regulation of radiopharmacy practice in Europe / Clemens Decristoforo -- Regulation of radiopharmacy practice in the United Kingdom / Neil G Hartman -- Regulation of nuclear pharmacy practice in the United States / Joseph C Hung -- Packaging and transport of radiopharmaceuticals / Alistair M Millar -- Patient safety and dispensing of radiopharmaceuticals / James Thorn -- The effect of patient medication and other factors on the biodistribution of radiopharmaceuticals / Sue Ackrill -- Use of drugs to enhance nuclear medicine studies / Helen Whiteside -- Molecular biology techniques in radiopharmaceutical development / Jane Sosabowski -- Chemical characterization of radiopharmaceuticals / Philip J. Blower -- Evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals using cell culture models / Daniel Lloyd -- Animal models : preclinical molecular imaging, why and how? / Richard Southworth