Overview
- Offers a comprehensive guide to radiopharmaceutical chemistry, a quickly growing field in nuclear medicine and radiology
- Each chapter is written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the field
- Combines basic science information with clinical implications to aid in clinical decision making
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Table of contents (38 chapters)
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Front Matter
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First Principles
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Front Matter
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Radiochemistry
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Keywords
About this book
This book is a comprehensive guide to radiopharmaceutical chemistry. The stunning clinical successes of nuclear imaging and targeted radiotherapy have resulted in rapid growth in the field of radiopharmaceutical chemistry, an essential component of nuclear medicine and radiology. However, at this point, interest in the field outpaces the academic and educational infrastructure needed to train radiopharmaceutical chemists. For example, the vast majority of texts that address radiopharmaceutical chemistry do so only peripherally, focusing instead on nuclear chemistry (i.e. nuclear reactions in reactors), heavy element radiochemistry (i.e. the decomposition of radioactive waste), or solely on the clinical applications of radiopharmaceuticals (e.g. the use of PET tracers in oncology). This text fills that gap by focusing on the chemistry of radiopharmaceuticals, with key coverage of how that knowledge translates to the development of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for the clinic.
The text is divided into three overarching sections: First Principles, Radiochemistry, and Special Topics. The first is a general overview covering fundamental and broad issues like “The Production of Radionuclides” and “Basics of Radiochemistry”. The second section is the main focus of the book. In this section, each chapter’s author will delve much deeper into the subject matter, covering both well established and state-of-the-art techniques in radiopharmaceutical chemistry. This section will be divided according to radionuclide and will include chapters on radiolabeling methods using all of the common nuclides employed in radiopharmaceuticals, including four chapters on the ubiquitously used fluorine-18 and a “Best of the Rest” chapter to cover emerging radionuclides. Finally, the third section of the book is dedicated to special topics with important information for radiochemists, including “Bioconjugation Methods,” “Click Chemistry in Radiochemistry”, and “Radiochemical Instrumentation.”
This is an ideal educational guide for nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists, and radiopharmaceutical chemists, as well as residents and trainees in all of these areas.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jason S. Lewis, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
USA
A.D. Windhorst, PhD
VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Brian Zeglis, PhD
Hunter College, City University of New York
New York, NY
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry
Editors: Jason S. Lewis, Albert D. Windhorst, Brian M. Zeglis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98947-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98946-4Published: 15 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98947-1Published: 02 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 651
Number of Illustrations: 212 b/w illustrations, 318 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Medicine