Pioneers in Medical Imaging Series.

The contribution of Medical Physics to Nuclear Medicine: looking back - a physicist’s perspective

BACKGROUND This paper is the first in a series of invited perspectives by four pioneers of Nuclear Medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a Nuclear Medicine clinical specialist each take a backward look and a forward look at the contributions of Medical Physics to Nuclear Medicine. DISCUSSION Contributions of Medical Physics are presented from the early discovery of radioactivi...

The contribution of medical physics to nuclear medicine: a physician's perspective

This paper is the second in a series of invited perspectives by four pioneers of nuclear medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a nuclear medicine clinical specialist each take a backward look and a forward look at the contributions of physics to nuclear medicine. Here is a backward look from a nuclear medicine physician's perspective.

Pioneers in Medical Imaging: Honoring the Memory of Robert F. Wagner.

Manual production and quality control of 68Ga-PSMA-11 radiopharmaceutical for PET-CT imaging of prostate cancer: optimization and 60 production series experience

Background: 68Ga-PSMA-11, a novel PET radiopharmaceutical, is currently used for imaging of almost all prostate cancers. However, automatic radiolabeling procedures have been recommended. In this research, according to the chemical nature of the PSMA-11, manual, optimized and safe production of this radiopharmaceutical has been investigated and a standard method has been presented to achieve a ...

Thirty years from now: future physics contributions in nuclear medicine

BACKGROUND This paper is the first in a series of invited perspectives by pioneers of nuclear medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a nuclear medicine physician each take a backward and a forward look at the contributions of physics to nuclear medicine. Here, we provide a forward look from the medical physicist's perspective. DISCUSSION The author examines a number of developm...