Molecular Nuclear Medicine

I Primary Topics.- 1 Measurements of Biochemical Reactions in Vivo.- 2 The Human Genome and Disease.- 3 Functional Genomics and Proteomics: Basics, Opportunities and Challenges.- 4 How Proteins Speak with One Another in Cell Signaling.- 5 Labeled Agents as Tracers and Carriers: Theory and Practice.- 6 Instrumentation for Measuring Metabolism.- 7 Modelling Metabolite and Tracer Kinetics.- 8 Compound Delivery and Local Blood Flows.- II Whole Body Processes.- 9 Endothelium and Compound Transfer.- 10 Coagulation and Peripheral Vascular Disease.- 11 Molecular Imaging of Infection and Inflammation.- 12 Element Metabolism and Body Composition.- 13 The Biology of Aging and Related Nuclear Medicine Studies.- 14 In Vitro Indicators of Metabolism of Natural Compounds.- III Organ Systems.- 15 Endocrinology.- 16 Noninvasive Assessment of Inherited Cardiac Disease Using Positron Emission Tomography.- 17 Molecular Background of 18F-2-deoxy-D- glucose (FDG) Uptake in the Ischemic Heart.- 18 Imaging Studies in Substance Abuse.- 19 Imaging of Cerebral Metabolism in Huntington’s Disease.- 20 Monoamine Oxidase: Radiotracer Development and Human Studies.- 21 Amino Acid Transport Studies in Brain Tumors.- 22 Lung.- 23 Functional Genomics and the Liver.- 24 Molecular Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy.- 25 The Kidney and Genital System.- 26 Biomolecular Magnification Imaging of Musculoskeletal Diseases.- IV Tumors.- 27 Molecular Imaging in Oncology.- 28 Nuclear (PET/SPECT) Imaging of Gene Expression: Methods and Applications.- 29 Development of DNA-based Radiopharma- ceuticals Carrying Auger-Electron Emitters for Anti-gene Radiotherapy.- V Special Topics.- 30 The Role of Nuclear Medicine in Relation to Alternative Modalities.- 31 MR Contrast Agents for Molecular and Cellular Imaging.- 32Magnetic and Optical Molecular Imaging. Live Cell and Tissue Fluorescence: Imaging Techniques and Methods.- 33 Biological Effects of Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Damage versus Protection.