Progress in Radiopharmacology 1985

I. The Respiratory System.- Physiology and pathophysiology of the respiratory system.- Generator-produced Krypton-81m in gas and liquid phases for medical applications.- Noble radionuclides for lung ventilation studies.- Radioaerosols in nuclear medicine.- A dry aerosol of Tc99m-albuminmilli-microspheres for lung ventilation scintigraphy: preparation, inhalation apparatus and examples of clinical results.- II. Cerebral Function.- New agents for probing glucose turnover and receptor densities in the brain.- Cerebral uptake of radioiodinated amphetamines — basic research and clinical results.- Radiolabelled Schiff bases in brain studies.- III. Biodistribution and Metabolism of Radiopharmaceuticals.- Some recent progress in the development and application of radiopharmaceuticals labelled with 11C and 18F.- Radiopharmaceuticals suitable for cardiac emergency studies.- The pharmacokinetics of Tc99m-diethyl ida in hyperferremic mice.- Subcellular distribution of Tc99m Sn-phytate in the liver of rats.- Treatment of thyroid disorders by 131I.- IV. Extraneous Factors Affecting Biodistribution.- Alterations in the biodistribution of radiopharmaceuticals, caused by extraneous influences.- The effects of drugs and therapeutic procedures on the biodistribution of skeletal reagents.- Interaction between some disinfectants and Tc99m-radiopharmaceuticals.- Altered uptake of Tc99m-MDP, Ca47 and Ga67 by mice osteogenic sarcoma after administration of a cytostatic drug.- Visualisation of gallbladder and gut on Tc99m bone scintiscans.- Drug-free high-quality tumour imaging with 67Ga.- Author index.