pet (positron emission tomography) is a powerful imaging technique that can provide quantitative information on the distribution of positron emitter labeled radiopharmaceuticals (pet radiopharmaceuticals) in the body. positrons (ß+) are positively charged beta particles. they are emitted when the atom is proton rich. a positron has only a transient existence. after losing all of its kinetic ene...

aSchool of Medicine, Shiraz University of medical science, Shiraz, Iran. bSchool of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. cNamazi hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Copyright © 2017 by School of Pharmacy Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Rese...

PURPOSE We aimed to analyze scientific papers published by Turkish authors in "radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging" journals included in the Science Citation Index Expanded and compared the number of published scientific papers from Turkey and other countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively searched all papers published by Turkish authors between 1945 and 2008 by using W...

being on the right paththe 1st issue of the iranian journal of radiation research (ijrr) was published two years ago (june 2003). this journal was initiated to bring together the various disciplines of radiation oncology, radiation biology, medical physics, nuclear medicine and other related subjects to intensify the dialogue between basic and clinical researchers especially those working in ir...

Nuclear Medicine was established in Myanmar in 1963 by Dr Soe Myint and International Atomic Energy expert Dr R. Hochel at Yangon General Hospital. Nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic services started with Probe Scintillation Detector Systems and rectilinear scanner. In the early stage, many Nuclear Medicine specialists from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spent some time ...

Since the introduction of the need to use imaging for the monitoring of cardiomyopathies and particularly ischemic cardiomyopathies in international guidelines, articles reporting the place, the accuracy and the prognostic impact of cardiac imaging have grown exponentially. During 2015, the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging published selected pre-clinical, technical and...

introduction: the aim of present study was to estimate effective dose from most common procedures performed in nuclear medicine departments of golestan province. methods: data of nuclear medicine procedures performed in 2 nuclear medicine departments in golestan province were collected during 4 years. effective dose, collective effective dose and effective dose per examination were calculated u...