Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Quantitative Nuclear Medicine

09:00 09:25 Coffee and registration 09:25 09:30 Introduction 09:30 10:00 Quantification of the Renogram: Deconvolution and Patlak/Rutland Plot Prof Richard Lawson, Central Manchester Nuclear Medicine Centre, Manchester 10:00 10:30 Improving quantification via multi-modality imaging Prof Brian Hutton, University College London 10:30 11:00 Coffee, Posters and Exhibiton 11:00 11:20 Use of the CT S...

Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Epilepsy

The majority of the treatments for epilepsy are anticonvulsant drugs. These medications include carbamazepine, diazepam, ethosucimide, gabapentin, levetiracetam, phenobartital, phenytoin, etc. Early identification of epilepsy non-responders allows prompt switching to an alternative therapy, as well as saving significant time and money and increasing patient and physician satisfaction. Clinician...

Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Cancer

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Instrumentation

Nuclear medicine is a diagnostic imaging modality that is used to obtain clinical information about most of the major tissues and organs of the body. Diagnostic information is obtained from the way the tissues and organs process radiolabeled compounds (radiopharmaceuticals). The radiopharmaceutical is typically administered to the patient though an intravenous injection. The radiopharmaceutical...

Radiology, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging: a bibliometric study in Iran

Introduction: Nowadays, science mapping is considered an excellent technique for decision-makers to find solutions for problems in research planning and development. In this work, we aimed to depict a science map of “radiology, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging” in Iran. Methods: All publications indexed in Thomson Reuters Web of Science database in the fields mentioned above with at least...