Overview
- Offers a synopsis of the pathophysiologic basis of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
- Concisely relates anatomic, physiologic and pathologic aspects to the scintigraphy of each organ system
- Will assist in understanding diagnostic scintigraphic patterns and selecting appropriate treatment modalities
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book, now in its second edition, will serve as a quick reference that will help the reader to understand different diagnostic scintigraphic patterns and to select appropriate treatment modalities based on functional imaging. The book concisely describes relevant anatomic and physiologic considerations for each organ system and the pathophysiologic features of different relevant diseases and relates them to the scintigraphy of each system. It thereby provides an informative synopsis of the pathophysiologic basis of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. The volume is divided into 13 chapters that feature basic pathophysiology, cell biology and biologic effects of ionizing radiation, radiopharmaceutical uptake and relevant anatomic and physiologic considerations for each organ system and the pathophysiologic features of different relevant diseases. The objective of this volume is to provide a brief, easy to-use but nonetheless comprehensive companion guide to “The Pathophysiology Basis of Nuclear Medicine” that will prove useful to undergraduates and postgraduates as well as to practitioners in clinical and research fields.
Reviews
“Pathophysiology is ... the foundation of precision medicine, calibrated to the individual patient and to the individual pathological condition. ... This 400-page volume, with over 200 illustrations … . The Pathophysiology Basis of Nuclear Medicine, this publication may be useful for two different categories of readers: (1) as a quick reference for professionals and residents in diagnostic imaging and (2) as a brief, easy-to-use ... .” (Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 51 (2), 2024)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Professor Elgazzar is board certified by the American Board of Anatomical and Clinical Pathology as well as by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. In addition to that he is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He worked as a faculty staff at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and as a Head of Nuclear Medicine Department at Tufts Medical Center, Boston.
Currently, Professor Elgazzar is a professor and chairman of the Nuclear Medicine Department at Kuwait University. During his career he has received 14 awards from several international professional organizations.
He is member of the editorial board of several medical journals and has authored and co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has authored and edited 10 textbooks and six book chapters. In addition to that, he has served as a reviewer of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and several other medical journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Synopsis of Pathophysiology in Nuclear Medicine
Authors: Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20646-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20645-0Published: 28 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20648-1Due: 29 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-20646-7Published: 27 June 2023
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVII, 400
Number of Illustrations: 103 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Medicine, Pathology