Positron emission tomography and autoradiography: Principles and applications for the brain and heart

This is a text on cerebral and myocardial imaging using positron emission tomography and autoradiography. Contributors in nuclear medicine and biophysics define the central principles of these complex and rapidly evolving imaging technologies - their theoretical foundations, the nature of biochemical events being measured, the basis for constructing tracer kinetic models, the criteria governing radiopharmaceutical design, and the rationale for PET in the clinical setting