Published November 2004 | Version v1
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Trends in radiopharmaceuticals development and applications

Creators

  • 1. Radiopharmaceuticals Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
  • 2. Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))

Description

Radiopharmaceuticals are a special class of molecules, radioactive pharmaceutical formulations, employed in the field of Nuclear Medicine for both diagnosis and therapy. Today, nuclear medicine offers nearly one hundred procedures that are immensely helpful to a broad span of medical specialties ranging from oncology and cardiology to psychiatry due to which several millions of patients benefit annually. Radiopharmaceuticals find applications in diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention of many serious diseases

Part of:
Nuclear technology and societal needs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Indian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Nuclear technology and societal needs
Imprint Pagination
[325 p.]
Journal Page Range
[3 p.]

Conference

Title
15. annual conference of Indian Nuclear Society
Acronym
INSAC-2004
Dates
15-17 Nov 2004
Place
Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
36016981
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
GAMMA CAMERAS; IODINE 131; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNETIUM 99; THYROID; YTTRIUM 90
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CAMERAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM ISOTOPES

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