Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

1st Edition - July 11, 2022
Editor: Alberto Signore
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 9 6 0 - 6
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 9 8 0 - 4

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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging offers complete coverage of this exciting and key area of biomedicine, seamlessly fusing the science behind nuclear medicine with the clinical aspects of diagnostic imaging. Beginning with sections on the physics related to nuclear medicine, radiation biology/safety, and instrumentation/quality control, it then covers radiochemistry and the development of new radionuclide therapy/tracers, and basic techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The focus then shifts to the clinical aspects, with sections on clinical/preclinical nuclear imaging (structured via organ system such as gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, etc.), as well as other in vivo molecular imaging techniques such as optical imaging, digital image analysis (radiomics), as well as the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostics.

No other publication provides such a complete overview of the field, with most choosing to focus either on physics or imaging. In most cases, preclinical/experimental imaging is treated separately from clinical imaging. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging brings it all together into a complete, 4-volume, foundational resource for researchers and medical professionals specializing in this exciting area.

Alberto Signore

Current as of December 2019 Prof. Alberto Signore, is presently the Head of the Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy, and he is Honorary Full Professor at Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands. He is also the Dean of the Technical Faculty for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (TSRM) in Sora (FR) and vice-Director of the Specialization School of Nuclear Medicine of “Sapienza” University of Rome. He graduated in Medicine in 1984, then specialist in Endocrinology (1987) and Nuclear Medicine (1991). He obtained a PhD in 2007 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is now also Consultant in Nuclear Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA; Treasurer of the International Research Group in Immunoscintigraphy and Therapy (IRIST); past-Chair of the “Inflammation/Infection” Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM); Associate Editor of the Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, and member of the Editorial Board of the Nucl Med Commun, Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, Nucl Med Rev, and other journals. He has been Visiting Professor in Nuclear Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium; Consultant of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of United Nation Organization (UNO); Past-President of the International Society of Radiolabelled Blood Elements (ISORBE); Secretary and Past-President of the International Research Group in Immunoscintigraphy and Therapy (IRIST); Past-President of the international scientific association Nuclear Medicine Discovery (Nu.Me.D.). From the scientific point of view, he is promoter of 14 PhD students; author of over 250 scientific publications in national and international journals (total citations = 6175, H index = 41); editor of 7 books; author of more than 35 book chapters and he deposited 5 international patents. Amongst the many awards and recognitions, it is to be mentioned, the recent award for best Basic-Science publication in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine in 2015; the “Marie Curie” award of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), in 2004; the “Masahiro Iio” award of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB), in 1994.

Affiliations and expertise

Head of the Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy