The Pathophysiologic Basis of Nuclear Medicine

1. The Cell: Structure, Function, and Molecular Biology
Shankar Vallabhajosula, Seham Mustafa

2. Pathophysiology and Mechanisms of Radiopharmaceutical Localization
Shankar Vallabhajosula, Azu Owunwanne

3. Basis of 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
Seham Mustafa, Abbas Alavi, Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar

4. Inflammation
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar, Magda Elmonayeri

5. Nuclear Hematology
Kshitish C. Das

6. Musculoskeletal System
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar, Dia Shehab

7. Thyroid Gland
Salil D. Sarkar

8. Parathyroid Gland
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar

9. Adrenal Gland
Sleiman Naddaf, Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar

10. Basis of Renal Scintigraphy
Salil D. Sarkar, Pravin C. Singhal

11. Basis of Tumor Imaging 1: Principles of Tumor Pathology and Biology
Ezzeldin M. Ibrahim, Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi

12. Basis of Tumor Imaging 2: Scintigraphic and Pathophysiologic Correlation
Suman Jana, Hussein M. Abdel-Dayem

13. Respiratory System
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar, Moussa Khadada

14. Basis of Cardiac Imaging 1: Myocardial Contractility and Assessment of Cardiac Function
Sherif I. Heiba, Mohammad Zubaid

15. Basis of Cardiac Imaging 2: Myocardial Perfusion, Metabolism, Infarction, and Receptor Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease and Congestive Heart Failure
Josef Machac

16. Digestive System 1: Gastrointestinal Tract
Fuad Hassan, Eman Al-Enizi, Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar

17. Digestive System 2: Liver and Biliary Tract
Chun K. Kim, Borys R. Krynyckyi, Josef Machac

18. Basis and Clinical Application of Brain Imaging
James M. Mountz, Elmer C. San Pedro

19. Basis of Antibody Imaging and Therapy
Lionel Zuckier

20. Lymphoscintigraphy
Arthur Z. Krasnow, Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar, Nafisah Kazem

21. Basis of Pediatric Genitourinary Imaging
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar

22. Basis of Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar, Abdullatif Al-Bader

23. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar, Nafisah Kazem

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Nuclear Medicine, Imaging / Radiology, Oncology, Pathology, Cardiology